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Where does “rapsuttaa” come from?

rapsuttaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish -uttaa, from Ingrian -ua, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

rapsuttaa (Finnish): to pet by rubbing or scratching; to scratch

Definitions

  1. to pet by rubbing or scratching; to scratch

Ancestry of “rapsuttaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-uttaaaivastaa + API → aivastuttaa; rakentaa + API →...
2Ingrian-ua—
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “rapsuttaa”

  • rapsutin
  • rapsutella
  • selänrapsutin
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →