Where does “petauspatja” come from?
petauspatja (Finnish) comes from Finnish petaus, from Finnish pedata, from Swedish bädda, from Swedish -a, from Old Swedish -a, from Old Norse -a, from Proto-Germanic -ōną, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
Ancestry of “petauspatja”, step by step
petauspatja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish petaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | petaus | making the bed |
| 2 | Finnish | pedata | to make the bed; to give something a chance |
| 3 | Swedish | bädda | to make a bed |
| 4 | Swedish | -a | Suffix to mark that the corresponding noun is... |
| 5 | Old Swedish | -a | Creates denominative verbs from nouns |
| 6 | Old Norse | -a | indicates negation; does not; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |