Where does “veistotaltta” come from?

veistotaltta (Finnish) comes from Finnish veisto, from Finnish veistää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

veistotaltta (Finnish): sculptor's chisel chisel suitable for sculpting

Definitions

  1. sculptor's chisel chisel suitable for sculpting

Ancestry of “veistotaltta”, step by step

veistotaltta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish veisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveistocarving, the act of carving; sculpting, the act...
2Finnishveistääto carve, cut, whittle; to sculpture, sculpt, hew
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish taltta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtalttaA chisel
2Old East Slavicдолто—
3Proto-Slavicdōltòchisel
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →