Where does “patsastelu” come from?
patsastelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish patsastella, from Finnish -tellä, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
patsastelu (Finnish): walking around as if showing off
Definitions
- walking around as if showing off
Ancestry of “patsastelu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | patsastella | To walk around as if showing off |
| 2 | Finnish | -tellä | Front vowel variant of -tella |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |