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Where does “sohvaantua” come from?

sohvaantua (Finnish) comes from Finnish -Vntua, from Finnish -untua, from Finnish -ntua, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk.

sohvaantua (Finnish): to turn into a couch potato

Definitions

  1. to turn into a couch potato

Ancestry of “sohvaantua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-VntuaForms passive verbs
2Finnish-untua—
3Finnish-ntuaForms reflexive or inchoative intransitive verbs
4Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
5Proto-Finnic-üdäk—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäk →