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Where does “ruiskute” come from?

ruiskute (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruiskuttaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

ruiskute (Finnish): spray

Definitions

  1. spray

Ancestry of “ruiskute”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruiskuttaato squirt, spray; to inject
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →