Where does “syöpötellä” come from?

syöpötellä (Finnish) comes from Finnish -tellä, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

syöpötellä (Finnish): to gorge, devour, eat voraciously, binge, overindulge

Definitions

  1. to gorge, devour, eat voraciously, binge, overindulge

Ancestry of “syöpötellä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-telläFront vowel variant of -tella
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “syöpötellä”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →