Where does “räpsytys” come from?

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

räpsytys (Finnish): snap snapping sound

Definitions

  1. snap snapping sound

Ancestry of “räpsytys”, 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 →