Where does “hoipertaa” come from?

hoipertaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish hoippua, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.

hoipertaa (Finnish): To walk unsteadily; to stagger

Definitions

  1. To walk unsteadily; to stagger

Ancestry of “hoipertaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhoippuato teeter, stagger
2Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
3Proto-Finnic-üdäkForms mainly passive or anticausative verbs

Words derived from “hoipertaa

Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäkEvery word from Finnish -uaEvery word from Finnish hoippua