pettää

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • (transitive) to cheat, con, swindle, defraud
  • (transitive) to deceive, delude, mislead
  • (transitive) to betray
  • (transitive) to cheat on to be unfaithful to
  • (intransitive) to give way, break down, fall/tumble down
  • (transitive) to let down, disappoint, desert, fail

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *pettädäk derived from *spenˀstei.

Origin

*spenˀstei

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