Where does “napsaus” come from?

napsaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish napsahtaa, from Finnish napsua, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.

napsaus (Finnish): snap

Definitions

  1. snap

Ancestry of “napsaus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnapsahtaato click, snap, crack
2Finnishnapsuato snap; produce a snapping sound; partitive...
3Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-üdäkForms mainly passive or anticausative verbs
Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäk →Every word from Finnish -ua →Every word from Finnish napsua →