Where does “tupsuttaa” come from?

tupsuttaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish tupsu, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

tupsuttaa (Finnish): to tuft make into tufts; decorate with tufts

Definitions

  1. to tuft make into tufts; decorate with tufts

Ancestry of “tupsuttaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtupsutuft; bobble, pompom; tussle
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-

Words derived from “tupsuttaa

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak