Where does “vaaputus” come from?

vaaputus (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaaputtaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

vaaputus (Finnish): wobbling, swaying making something wobble or sway

Definitions

  1. wobbling, swaying making something wobble or sway

Ancestry of “vaaputus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaaputtaato wobble, to sway
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →