Where does “simputus” come from?

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

simputus (Finnish): hazing

Definitions

  1. hazing

Ancestry of “simputus”, step by step

simputus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish simputtaa

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

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →