Where does “napitus” come from?

napitus (Finnish) comes from Finnish napittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

napitus (Finnish): buttoning

Definitions

  1. buttoning

Ancestry of “napitus”, step by step

napitus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish napittaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishnapittaaTo button; To stare
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “napitus”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →