Where does “nolaus” come from?

nolaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish nolata, from Finnish -ätä, from Finnish -tä, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

nolaus (Finnish): embarrassing the act of making someone embarrassed or ashamed

Definitions

  1. embarrassing the act of making someone embarrassed or ashamed

Ancestry of “nolaus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnolatato embarrass, abash make ashamed; destroy the self-possession of
2Finnish-ätäFront vowel variant of -ata
3Finnish-täFront vowel variant of -ta
4Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
5Proto-Uralic-täfrom
Every word from Proto-Uralic -täEvery word from Finnish -ätäEvery word from Finnish -tä
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