Where does “paapata” come from?

paapata (Finnish) comes from Finnish paapoa, from Finnish -öä, from Proto-Finnic -odak, from Proto-Uralic -w-.

paapata (Finnish): To sleep

Definitions

  1. To sleep

Ancestry of “paapata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpaapoaTo pamper, coddle to treat gently or with great care
2Finnish-öäFront vowel variant of -oa
3Proto-Finnic-odakForms some verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w-—

Words derived from “paapata”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -w- →Every word from Finnish -öä →Every word from Proto-Finnic -odak →