Where does “uskotella” come from?
uskotella (Finnish) comes from Finnish uskottaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
uskotella (Finnish): To make believe, pretend; To convince oneself
Definitions
- To make believe, pretend; To convince oneself
Ancestry of “uskotella”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | uskottaa | Synonym of uskotella |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |