Where does “pöllytellä” come from?
pöllytellä (Ingrian) comes from Finnish pöllyttää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
pöllytellä (Ingrian): to spread dust here and there
Definitions
- to spread dust here and there
Ancestry of “pöllytellä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | pöllyttää | to smoke, to puff; to spank, to pull someone's... |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |