Where does “tupsuttaminen” come from?

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

Ancestry of “tupsuttaminen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtupsuttaato tuft make into tufts; decorate with tufts
2Finnishtupsutuft; bobble, pompom; tussle
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →