Where does “vemputin” come from?

vemputin (Finnish) comes from Finnish vemputtaa, from Finnish -uttaa, from Ingrian -ua, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

vemputin (Finnish): gizmo, apparatus

Definitions

  1. gizmo, apparatus

Ancestry of “vemputin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvemputtaato wank, to rub one out
2Finnish-uttaaaivastaa + API → aivastuttaa; rakentaa + API →...
3Ingrian-uaUsed to form inchoative verbs
4Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Finnish -uttaa →