Where does “hapsuttaa” come from?
hapsuttaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish hapsu, from Finnish hapsi, from Proto-Finnic hapci, from Proto-Uralic ëpte — hair.
hapsuttaa (Finnish): to fringe
Ancestry of “hapsuttaa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hapsu | fringe |
| 2 | Finnish | hapsi | A single hair, especially a grey hair of an... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | hapci | hair |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | ëpte | hair |