Where does “surffailla” come from?
surffailla (Finnish) comes from Finnish surffata, from Finnish -ätä, from Finnish -tä, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä.
surffailla (Finnish): to surf
Ancestry of “surffailla”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | surffata | To surf |
| 2 | Finnish | -ätä | Front vowel variant of -ata |
| 3 | Finnish | -tä | Front vowel variant of -ta |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ta | — |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -tä | |