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Where does “nävertää” come from?

nävertää (Finnish) comes from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.

nävertää (Finnish): to bore with a gimlet; Third-person singular...

Definitions

  1. to bore with a gimlet; Third-person singular...

Ancestry of “nävertää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
2Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
3Proto-Finnictaka—
4Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

Words derived from “nävertää”

  • näverrin
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