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
- to tap repeatedly or continuously
Ancestry of “kopautella”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | kopauttaa | To tap |
| 2 | Finnish | -uttaa | aivastaa + API → aivastuttaa; rakentaa + API →... |
| 3 | Ingrian | -ua | — |
| 4 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |