Where does “napsahdus” come from?
napsahdus (Finnish) comes from Finnish napsahtaa, from Finnish napsua, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk.
napsahdus (Finnish): snap, click
Ancestry of “napsahdus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |