Where does “petyn” come from?

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

petyn (Finnish): First-person singular indicative present form of...

Definitions

  1. First-person singular indicative present form of...

Ancestry of “petyn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpettyäTo be disappointed
2Finnishpettääto cheat, con, swindle, defraud; to deceive,...
3Proto-Finnicpettädäkto betray
4Proto-Balticspenˀstei—
Every word from Proto-Baltic spenˀstei →Every word from Proto-Finnic pettädäk →Every word from Finnish pettää →