Where does “nuijankopautus” come from?
nuijankopautus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kopautus, from Finnish kopauttaa, from Finnish -uttaa, from Ingrian -ua, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
nuijankopautus (Finnish): gavel bang bang of a gavel agains a board such as to open or close a meeting
Definitions
- gavel bang bang of a gavel agains a board such as to open or close a meeting
Ancestry of “nuijankopautus”, step by step
nuijankopautus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kopautus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kopautus | tapping |
| 2 | Finnish | kopauttaa | To tap |
| 3 | Finnish | -uttaa | aivastaa + API → aivastuttaa; rakentaa + API →... |
| 4 | Ingrian | -ua | Used to form inchoative verbs |
| 5 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |