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Where does “lõpetama” come from?

lõpetama (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic lop'ettadak, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

lõpetama (Estonian): to end; to finish; to cease

Definitions

  1. to end; to finish; to cease

Ancestry of “lõpetama”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finniclop'ettadakto end, to stop, to finish
2Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
3Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →