Where does “räpsytellä” come from?

räpsytellä (Finnish) comes from Finnish räpsyttää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

Ancestry of “räpsytellä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishräpsyttääto make do a snapping sound
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →