Where does “hassuttelu” come from?
hassuttelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish hassutella, from Finnish hassuttaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
hassuttelu (Finnish): goofing off, monkeying around
Definitions
- goofing off, monkeying around
Ancestry of “hassuttelu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hassutella | to goof off, to monkey around, to play the fool,... |
| 2 | Finnish | hassuttaa | to fool, to trick |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |