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Where does “savutin” come from?

savutin (Finnish) comes from Finnish savuttaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

savutin (Finnish): smoker; bee smoker; First-person singular...

Definitions

  1. smoker; bee smoker; First-person singular...

Ancestry of “savutin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsavuttaaTo smoke, let/spread smoke in(to places unwanted}
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →