Where does “sipaisu” come from?
sipaisu (Finnish) comes from Finnish sipaista, from Finnish -aista, from Finnish -ita, from Proto-Finnic -it'ak.
sipaisu (Finnish): stroke; any swift action
Ancestry of “sipaisu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | sipaista | to stroke lightly and quickly; to swipe; Used... |
| 2 | Finnish | -aista | Forms momentane verbs |
| 3 | Finnish | -ita | Forms instrumental verbs from nouns; Forms some... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -it'ak | — |