Where does “syöpöttely” come from?

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

syöpöttely (Finnish): gorging, devouring, voracious eating, binging, overindulging

Definitions

  1. gorging, devouring, voracious eating, binging, overindulging

Ancestry of “syöpöttely”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsyöpötelläto gorge, devour, eat voraciously, binge, overindulge
2Finnish-telläFront vowel variant of -tella
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak