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Where does “vilkuttaa” come from?

vilkuttaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

vilkuttaa (Finnish): to wave; to flash repeatedly

Definitions

  1. to wave; to flash repeatedly

Ancestry of “vilkuttaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
2Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
3Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “vilkuttaa”

  • vilkutella
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →