Where does “sumute” come from?
sumute (Finnish) comes from Finnish sumuttaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
sumute (Finnish): spray
Definitions
- spray
Ancestry of “sumute”, step by step
sumute traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sumuttaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sumuttaa | to spray, mist; to mislead |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish e
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | e | E note |