Where does “napsuttaa” come from?
napsuttaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish napsua, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.
napsuttaa (Finnish): to snap
Definitions
- to snap
Ancestry of “napsuttaa”, step by step
napsuttaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish napsua
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | napsua | to snap; produce a snapping sound; partitive... |
| 2 | Finnish | -ua | Forms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -üdäk | Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs |
via Ingrian napsu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ingrian | napsu | blow, hit |