Where does “tippukastelu” come from?
tippukastelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kastelu, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.
tippukastelu (Finnish): drip irrigation
Ancestry of “tippukastelu”, step by step
tippukastelu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kastelu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kastelu | irrigation; watering; wetting |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |
via Finnish tippua
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tippua | to drop; to drip |
| 2 | Finnish | -ua | Forms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -üdäk | Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs |