Where does “arvoitella” come from?

arvoitella (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian arvoittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

arvoitella (Ingrian): to riddle

Definitions

  1. to riddle

Ancestry of “arvoitella”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianarvoittaato quiz; to riddle
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 →