Where does “vilkutus” come from?

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

vilkutus (Finnish): waving one's hand to greet

Definitions

  1. waving one's hand to greet

Ancestry of “vilkutus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvilkuttaato wave; to flash repeatedly
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →