Where does “haistattelija” come from?
haistattelija (Finnish) comes from Finnish haistatella, from Finnish haistattaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
haistattelija (Finnish): someone who keeps telling a person or people "where to go" in a vulgar or insulting fashion
Definitions
- someone who keeps telling a person or people "where to go" in a vulgar or insulting fashion
Ancestry of “haistattelija”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | haistatella | To tell someone where to go/where to get off/what... |
| 2 | Finnish | haistattaa | to tell someone where to go/where to get off/what... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |