Where does “kaotama” come from?
kaotama (Estonian) comes from Estonian -tama, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
kaotama (Estonian): to lose
Ancestry of “kaotama”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Estonian | -tama | Forms causative verbs. It can be translated as... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |