Where does “nenäsumute” come from?

nenäsumute (Finnish) comes from Finnish sumute, from Finnish sumuttaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

nenäsumute (Finnish): nasal spray

Definitions

  1. nasal spray

Ancestry of “nenäsumute”, step by step

nenäsumute traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sumute

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsumutespray
2Finnishsumuttaato spray, mist; to mislead
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish nenä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnenänose; rhinarium, nose leather
2Proto-Finnicnenänose
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →