Where does “pöllüttä” come from?

pöllüttä (Votic) comes from Votic -tta, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

pöllüttä (Votic): to dust, make (something) emit dust

Definitions

  1. to dust, make (something) emit dust

Ancestry of “pöllüttä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Votic-ttaForms causative verbs from verbs
2Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
3Proto-Uralic-kta-
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadakEvery word from Votic -tta