Where does “silotta” come from?

silotta (Votic) comes from Finnish silottaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

silotta (Votic): to caress, stroke, pet

Definitions

  1. to caress, stroke, pet

Ancestry of “silotta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsilottaato smoothen, to even
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →