Where does “kopautella” come from?

kopautella (Finnish) comes from Finnish kopauttaa, from Finnish -uttaa, from Ingrian -ua, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

kopautella (Finnish): to tap repeatedly or continuously

Definitions

  1. to tap repeatedly or continuously

Ancestry of “kopautella”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkopauttaaTo tap
2Finnish-uttaaaivastaa + API → aivastuttaa; rakentaa + API →...
3Ingrian-uaUsed to form inchoative verbs
4Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “kopautella”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Finnish -uttaa →
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