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Where does “napsahtaa” come from?

napsahtaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish napsua, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk.

napsahtaa (Finnish): to click, snap, crack

Definitions

  1. to click, snap, crack

Ancestry of “napsahtaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnapsuato snap; produce a snapping sound; partitive...
2Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
3Proto-Finnic-üdäk—

Words derived from “napsahtaa”

  • napsahdus
  • napsauttaa
  • napsahdella
  • napsautella
Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäk →