Where does “napsahdus” come from?
napsahdus (Finnish) comes from Finnish napsahtaa, from Finnish napsua, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.
napsahdus (Finnish): snap, click
Definitions
- snap, click
Ancestry of “napsahdus”, step by step
napsahdus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish napsahtaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | napsahtaa | to click, snap, crack |
| 2 | Finnish | napsua | to snap; produce a snapping sound; partitive... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ua | Forms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -üdäk | Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs |
via Finnish us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |