Where does “hoipertelu” come from?

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

hoipertelu (Finnish): stagger

Definitions

  1. stagger

Ancestry of “hoipertelu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhoiperrellaTo walk unsteadily; to stagger
2FinnishhoipertaaTo walk unsteadily; to stagger
3Finnishhoippuato teeter, stagger
4Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
5Proto-Finnic-üdäkForms mainly passive or anticausative verbs
Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäkEvery word from Finnish -uaEvery word from Finnish hoippua