Where does “kuittailu” come from?

kuittailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuittailla, from Finnish kuitata, from Finnish -ätä, from Finnish -tä, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

kuittailu (Finnish): teasing, ribbing

Definitions

  1. teasing, ribbing

Ancestry of “kuittailu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuittaillato tease, rib, pick on
2Finnishkuitatato give a receipt for, to receipt; to acknowledge receipt of (a message)
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 →