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Where does “niiskuttaa” come from?

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

niiskuttaa (Finnish): To sniffle; To sob

Definitions

  1. To sniffle; To sob

Ancestry of “niiskuttaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
2Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
3Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “niiskuttaa”

  • niiskutus
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →