Where does “simputtaja” come from?

simputtaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish simputtaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

simputtaja (Finnish): hazer one who hazes; performs an unpleasant initiatino ritual or oppresses

Definitions

  1. hazer one who hazes; performs an unpleasant initiatino ritual or oppresses

Ancestry of “simputtaja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsimputtaaTo haze
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →
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