Where does “upotella” come from?

upotella (Finnish) comes from Finnish upottaa, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

upotella (Finnish): to sink

Definitions

  1. to sink

Ancestry of “upotella”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishupottaato sink; to flood; to submerge, immerse
2Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttaa →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →