Where does “napsutella” come from?

napsutella (Finnish) comes from Finnish napsuttaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

napsutella (Finnish): to snap

Definitions

  1. to snap

Ancestry of “napsutella”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnapsuttaato snap
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →
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