Where does “petti” come from?

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

petti (Finnish): Third-person singular indicative past form of...

Definitions

  1. Third-person singular indicative past form of...

Ancestry of “petti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpettääto cheat, con, swindle, defraud; to deceive,...
2Proto-Finnicpettädäkto betray
3Proto-Balticspenˀstei—
Every word from Proto-Baltic spenˀstei →Every word from Proto-Finnic pettädäk →Every word from Finnish pettää →
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