Where does “pillittä” come from?

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

pillittä (Votic): to play a musical instrument, especially a wind instrument like a pipe, fife or flute

Definitions

  1. to play a musical instrument, especially a wind instrument like a pipe, fife or flute

Ancestry of “pillittä”, 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 -ttadak →Every word from Votic -tta →