Where does “oletama” come from?

oletama (Estonian) comes from Finnish olettaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

oletama (Estonian): to suppose

Definitions

  1. to suppose

Ancestry of “oletama”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisholettaato assume, suppose, presuppose; to premise,...
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →