Where does “tupsulakkinen” come from?
tupsulakkinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish tupsulakki, from Finnish tupsu, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
tupsulakkinen (Finnish): wearing a tassel
Definitions
- wearing a tassel
Ancestry of “tupsulakkinen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tupsulakki | bobble hat insulating hat with one or more decorative pieces of spherical fluff at the peak |
| 2 | Finnish | tupsu | tuft; bobble, pompom; tussle |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |