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Where does “pettyä” come from?

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

pettyä (Finnish): To be disappointed

Definitions

  1. To be disappointed

Ancestry of “pettyä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpettääto cheat, con, swindle, defraud; to deceive,...
2Proto-Finnicpettädäk—
3Proto-Balticspenˀstei—

Words derived from “pettyä”

  • pety
  • petyn
  • pettymys
Every word from Proto-Baltic spenˀstei →