Where does “ootamatu” come from?

ootamatu (Estonian) comes from Estonian -matu, from Proto-Finnic -mat'oin, from Proto-Finnic -t'oin, from Proto-Uralic -ktama.

ootamatu (Estonian): unexpected

Definitions

  1. unexpected

Ancestry of “ootamatu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonian-matuDerives nouns from verbs, that are generally...
2Proto-Finnic-mat'oinForms the negative participle, which is used as an adjective
3Proto-Finnic-t'oin-less
4Proto-Uralic-ktama—

Words derived from “ootamatu”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -ktama →Every word from Proto-Finnic -t'oin →Every word from Estonian -matu →
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