Where does “tottelu” come from?

tottelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

tottelu (Finnish): obeying doing as ordered, doing as one is told

Definitions

  1. obeying doing as ordered, doing as one is told

Ancestry of “tottelu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
2Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →