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Where does “naksautella” come from?

naksautella (Finnish) comes from Finnish naksauttaa, from Finnish -uttaa, from Ingrian -ua, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

naksautella (Finnish): to click or snap repeatedly

Definitions

  1. to click or snap repeatedly

Ancestry of “naksautella”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnaksauttaato snap, to click, to crack
2Finnish-uttaaaivastaa + API → aivastuttaa; rakentaa + API →...
3Ingrian-ua—
4Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →