Where does “lipsaus” come from?

lipsaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish lipsahtaa, from Finnish -ähtää, from Proto-Finnic -ahtadak, from Proto-Uralic -ašta-.

Ancestry of “lipsaus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlipsahtaato slip suddenly lose traction; slide out of place
2Finnish-ähtääFront vowel variant of -ahtaa
3Proto-Finnic-ahtadakForms momentane verbs
4Proto-Uralic-ašta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ašta- →Every word from Finnish -ähtää →Every word from Finnish lipsahtaa →
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