Where does “ivata” come from?

ivata (Finnish) comes from Finnish tä, from Finnish mitä — Partitive singular form of mikä; Partitive...

ivata (Finnish): to ridicule, mock, sneer, jeer at, scoff,...

Definitions

  1. to ridicule, mock, sneer, jeer at, scoff,...

Ancestry of “ivata”, step by step

ivata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishwhat
2FinnishmitäPartitive singular form of mikä; Partitive...

via Finnish iva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishivaridicule, sarcasm, mockery, derision; irony

Words derived from “ivata

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