Where does “nujerrus” come from?
nujerrus (Finnish) comes from Finnish nujertaa, from Finnish -ertaa, from Finnish -taa, from Proto-Finnic -tadak, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
nujerrus (Finnish): breaking, crushing, subduing
Definitions
- breaking, crushing, subduing
Ancestry of “nujerrus”, step by step
nujerrus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish nujertaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nujertaa | to break; to crush, subdue; to discourage |
| 2 | Finnish | -ertaa | Derives intransitive verbs, mostly of descriptive... |
| 3 | Finnish | -taa | Forms causative verbs; Forms verbs from nouns and... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -tadak | Forms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |
via Finnish us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |