Where does “napsia” come from?
napsia (Finnish) comes from Finnish ia, from Finnish ja, from Proto-Finnic ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.
napsia (Finnish): to pick to take the choicest bits, one by one
Definitions
- to pick to take the choicest bits, one by one
Ancestry of “napsia”, step by step
napsia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ia | Obsolete spelling of ja |
| 2 | Finnish | ja | and; AND |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | ja | and |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
via Finnish napsaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | napsaa | Synonym of napsua; Third-person singular... |