Where does “hipsuttelu” come from?
hipsuttelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish hipsutella, from Finnish hipsuttaa, from Finnish -uttaa, from Ingrian -ua, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
hipsuttelu (Finnish): tiptoeing around
Definitions
- tiptoeing around
Ancestry of “hipsuttelu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hipsutella | to tiptoe around, pussyfoot |
| 2 | Finnish | hipsuttaa | To tiptoe |
| 3 | Finnish | -uttaa | aivastaa + API → aivastuttaa; rakentaa + API →... |
| 4 | Ingrian | -ua | Used to form inchoative verbs |
| 5 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |