Where does “pettää” come from?

pettää (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic pettädäk, from Proto-Baltic spenˀstei.

pettää (Finnish): to cheat, con, swindle, defraud; to deceive,...

Definitions

  1. to cheat, con, swindle, defraud; to deceive,...

Ancestry of “pettää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicpettädäkto betray
2Proto-Balticspenˀstei—

Words derived from “pettää”

Every word from Proto-Baltic spenˀstei →Every word from Proto-Finnic pettädäk →
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