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Where does “sipaista” come from?

sipaista (Finnish) comes from Finnish -aista, from Finnish -ita, from Proto-Finnic -it'ak.

sipaista (Finnish): to stroke lightly and quickly; to swipe; Used...

Definitions

  1. to stroke lightly and quickly; to swipe; Used...

Ancestry of “sipaista”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-aistaForms momentane verbs
2Finnish-itaForms instrumental verbs from nouns; Forms some...
3Proto-Finnic-it'ak—

Words derived from “sipaista”

  • sipaisu
Every word from Proto-Finnic -it'ak →