Where does “suipentaa” come from?
suipentaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.
suipentaa (Finnish): to taper
Definitions
- to taper
Ancestry of “suipentaa”, step by step
suipentaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish taa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | taa | Of movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse |
| 2 | Finnish | taka | the backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | taka | back, a place behind |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | taka | a place behind |
via Finnish suipeta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | suipeta | to taper to become thinner towards the end |
| 2 | Finnish | -etä | Front vowel variant of -eta |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -t'ak | Forms verbs from nominal stems, generally with a causative, factitive or instrumental meaning |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |