Where does “viilto” come from?

viilto (Finnish) comes from Finnish viiltää, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.

viilto (Finnish): incision, slash, cut, slit, gash

Definitions

  1. incision, slash, cut, slit, gash

Ancestry of “viilto”, step by step

viilto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viiltää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviiltääto incise, slit; Third-person singular indicative...
2FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
3Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
4Proto-Finnictakaback, a place behind
5Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

via Finnish o

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisho—

Words derived from “viilto”

Every word from Proto-Uralic taka →Every word from Proto-Finnic taka →Every word from Finnish taka →