Where does “rapsutella” come from?
rapsutella (Finnish) comes from Finnish rapsuttaa, from Finnish -uttaa, from Ingrian -ua, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
rapsutella (Finnish): To scratch
Ancestry of “rapsutella”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | rapsuttaa | to pet by rubbing or scratching; to scratch |
| 2 | Finnish | -uttaa | aivastaa + API → aivastuttaa; rakentaa + API →... |
| 3 | Ingrian | -ua | — |
| 4 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |