Where does “vempata” come from?

vempata (Finnish) comes from Finnish vemppa, from Finnish -ppa — Forms some nouns, mainly clippings and in slang.

vempata (Finnish): to sway, swing, oscillate, especially of something rotating off-center

Definitions

  1. to sway, swing, oscillate, especially of something rotating off-center

Ancestry of “vempata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvemppaprofile; conscript exempted from such education
2Finnish-ppaForms some nouns, mainly clippings and in slang

Words derived from “vempata”

Every word from Finnish -ppa →Every word from Finnish vemppa →