Where does “saapastelu” come from?
saapastelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish saapastella, from Finnish -tellä, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
saapastelu (Finnish): walking around in boots
Definitions
- walking around in boots
Ancestry of “saapastelu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | saapastella | To walk around while wearing boots |
| 2 | Finnish | -tellä | Front vowel variant of -tella |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |