Where does “napsua” come from?

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

napsua (Finnish): to snap; produce a snapping sound; partitive...

Definitions

  1. to snap; produce a snapping sound; partitive...

Ancestry of “napsua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
2Proto-Finnic-üdäkForms mainly passive or anticausative verbs

Words derived from “napsua

Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäkEvery word from Finnish -ua