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

nävertää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish taa

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

via Finnish näveri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishnäveriA gimlet
2Swedishnavare

Words derived from “nävertää

Every word from Proto-Uralic takaEvery word from Proto-Finnic takaEvery word from Finnish taka