Where does “peksta” come from?

peksta (Veps) comes from Proto-Finnic peksädäk, from Proto-Uralic peksä- — to beat.

peksta (Veps): to beat, to thrash; to stomp; to beat, to whip up

Definitions

  1. to beat, to thrash; to stomp; to beat, to whip up

Ancestry of “peksta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicpeksädäkto beat
2Proto-Uralicpeksä-to beat
Every word from Proto-Uralic peksä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic peksädäk →