Where does “räpsyä” come from?

räpsyä (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.

räpsyä (Finnish): to make a snapping sound like that of cameras taking photos

Definitions

  1. to make a snapping sound like that of cameras taking photos

Ancestry of “räpsyä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
2Proto-Finnic-üdäkForms mainly passive or anticausative verbs

Words derived from “räpsyä”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäk →Every word from Finnish -ua →