Where does “läpsytys” come from?

läpsytys (Finnish) comes from Finnish läpsyttää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

läpsytys (Finnish): slapping, flapping, clapping, patting

Definitions

  1. slapping, flapping, clapping, patting

Ancestry of “läpsytys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishläpsyttääto slap, to flap, to clap, to pat
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →