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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

  1. breaking, crushing, subduing

Ancestry of “nujerrus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnujertaato break; to crush, subdue; to discourage
2Finnish-ertaaDerives intransitive verbs, mostly of descriptive...
3Finnish-taaForms causative verbs; Forms verbs from nouns and...
4Proto-Finnic-tadak—
5Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ta- →