Where does “niskoittelu” come from?

niskoittelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish niskoitella, from Finnish niska, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

niskoittelu (Finnish): insubordination

Definitions

  1. insubordination

Ancestry of “niskoittelu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishniskoitellato be insubordinate, rebel
2Finnishniskanape, the back of the neck; a load bearing...
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →