Where does “-ottaa” come from?

-ottaa (Proto-Finnic) comes from Finnish -öittää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

Ancestry of “-ottaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-öittääFront vowel variant of -oittaa
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “-ottaa”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →