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
- the act of dripping; intravenous therapy, drip
Ancestry of “tiputus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | tiputtaa | to drop, down; to drip |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |