Where does “pomputella” come from?
pomputella (Finnish) comes from Finnish pomputtaa, from Finnish -uttaa, from Ingrian -ua, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
Ancestry of “pomputella”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pomputtaa | to bounce cause to move quickly up and down |
| 2 | Finnish | -uttaa | aivastaa + API → aivastuttaa; rakentaa + API →... |
| 3 | Ingrian | -ua | Used to form inchoative verbs |
| 4 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |