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-Finnicpettädäkto betray
3Proto-Balticspenˀstei—

Words derived from “pettyä”

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