Where does “näpertää” come from?

näpertää (Finnish) comes from Finnish näp-, from Finnish -ertää, from Finnish -tää — Front vowel variant of -taa.

näpertää (Finnish): to tinker, to fool with; Third-person singular...

Definitions

  1. to tinker, to fool with; Third-person singular...

Ancestry of “näpertää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnäp-—
2Finnish-ertääFront vowel variant of -ertaa
3Finnish-tääFront vowel variant of -taa

Words derived from “näpertää”

Every word from Finnish -tää →Every word from Finnish -ertää →Every word from Finnish näp- →