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Where does “hoipertaa” come from?

hoipertaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish hoippua, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk.

hoipertaa (Finnish): To walk unsteadily; to stagger

Definitions

  1. To walk unsteadily; to stagger

Ancestry of “hoipertaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhoippua—
2Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
3Proto-Finnic-üdäk—

Words derived from “hoipertaa”

  • hoipertelu
  • hoiperrella
Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäk →