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Where does “paisutella” come from?

paisutella (Finnish) comes from Finnish paisuttaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

paisutella (Finnish): To fill, lengthen, pad

Definitions

  1. To fill, lengthen, pad

Ancestry of “paisutella”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpaisuttaato inflate, swell; to inflate; Third-person...
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →