Where does “suunpieksentä” come from?
suunpieksentä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pieksentä, from Finnish piestä, from Finnish pieksää, from Proto-Finnic peksädäk, from Proto-Uralic peksä- — to beat.
suunpieksentä (Finnish): backchat, backtalk, sass
Ancestry of “suunpieksentä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | pieksentä | — |
| 2 | Finnish | piestä | to beat, thrash, whip, lash; Elative singular ... |
| 3 | Finnish | pieksää | Synonym of piestä; Third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | peksädäk | to beat |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | peksä- | to beat |