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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

  1. spray

Ancestry of “sumute”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsumuttaato spray, mist; to mislead
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “sumute”

  • suusumute
  • pippurisumute
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →