Where does “haletella” come from?

haletella (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian halettaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

haletella (Ingrian): to chop down

Definitions

  1. to chop down

Ancestry of “haletella”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianhalettaato split
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 →