Where does “kodielätti” come from?

kodielätti (Karelian) comes from Livvi elätti, from Finnish Elia, from Finnish -tti, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

kodielätti (Karelian): domestic animal

Definitions

  1. domestic animal

Ancestry of “kodielätti”, step by step

kodielätti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Livvi elätti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Livvielättianimal
2FinnishEliaElijah biblical character
3Finnish-ttiForms some nouns from verbs, particularly...
4Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Livvi kodi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Livvikodihouse, home
2Proto-Finnickoteihome
3Proto-Finnickotatent, hut
4Proto-Finno-Ugrickotatent, hut, house
5Proto-Uralickotahut, tent, tepee
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →