Where does “irvailu” come from?

irvailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish irvailla, from Finnish irvata, from Finnish -ätä, from Finnish -tä, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

irvailu (Finnish): making fun (of), poking fun (at), taunting, mocking

Definitions

  1. making fun (of), poking fun (at), taunting, mocking

Ancestry of “irvailu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishirvaillato make fun of, to poke fun at
2Finnishirvata—
3Finnish-ätäFront vowel variant of -ata
4Finnish-täFront vowel variant of -ta
5Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
6Proto-Uralic-täfrom
Every word from Proto-Uralic -tä →Every word from Finnish -ätä →Every word from Finnish -tä →