Where does “tiputus” come from?

tiputus (Finnish) comes from Finnish tiputtaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

tiputus (Finnish): the act of dripping; intravenous therapy, drip

Definitions

  1. the act of dripping; intravenous therapy, drip

Ancestry of “tiputus”, step by step

tiputus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tiputtaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtiputtaato drop, down; to drip
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “tiputus”

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