Where does “lesottaja” come from?

lesottaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish lesottaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

lesottaja (Finnish): A braggart, bragger, boaster, braggadocio

Definitions

  1. A braggart, bragger, boaster, braggadocio

Ancestry of “lesottaja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishlesottaaTo brag, boast
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 →
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