Where does “vapettaja” come from?

vapettaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish vapettaa, from English vape, from English vaporize, from English -ize, from Middle English -isen, from Middle French -iser, from Latin -izō, from Ancient Greek -ίζω — he, she.

vapettaja (Finnish): vaper user of electronic cigarettes

Definitions

  1. vaper user of electronic cigarettes

Ancestry of “vapettaja”, step by step

vapettaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vapettaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvapettaato vape to consume e-cigarettes
2EnglishvapeClipping of vaporizer; To inhale the vapor...
3EnglishvaporizeTo turn into vapor
4English-izeUsed to form verbs from nouns or adjectives
5Middle English-isen-ise, -ize
6Middle French-iser-ize
7Latin-izōUsed to form similative verbs from nouns and adjectives
8Ancient Greek-ίζωUsed to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...
9Proto-Hellenic-íďďō
10Proto-Indo-European-idyéti
11Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
12Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
13Chichewaiyehe, she

via Finnish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Chichewa iyeEvery word from English -izeEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti