Where does “alaotsikko” come from?

alaotsikko (Finnish) comes from Finnish otsikko, from Finnish -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -i- — Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive).

alaotsikko (Finnish): subtitle

Definitions

  1. subtitle

Ancestry of “alaotsikko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishotsikkoheading, header, title, headline; signature
2Finnish-ikkoForms nouns for groups of a particular number,...
3Proto-Finnic-ikkoForms nouns indicating a group of things
4Proto-Finnic-i-Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive)
Every word from Proto-Finnic -i-Every word from Finnish -ikkoEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ikko
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