Where does “tupsu” come from?
tupsu (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
tupsu (Finnish): tuft; bobble, pompom; tussle
Definitions
- tuft; bobble, pompom; tussle
Ancestry of “tupsu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |