Where does “nielusumute” come from?
nielusumute (Finnish) comes from Finnish sumute, from Finnish sumuttaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
nielusumute (Finnish): throat spray
Ancestry of “nielusumute”, step by step
nielusumute traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sumute
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sumute | spray |
| 2 | Finnish | sumuttaa | to spray, mist; to mislead |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish nielu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nielu | throat; pharynx; sink |
| 2 | Finnish | niellä | to swallow |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | neeldäk | to swallow |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | ńäle- | to swallow |