Where does “erityisoppilas” come from?

erityisoppilas (Finnish) comes from Finnish oppilas, from Finnish -las, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

erityisoppilas (Finnish): special pupil pupil in a special education program

Definitions

  1. special pupil pupil in a special education program

Ancestry of “erityisoppilas”, step by step

erityisoppilas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish oppilas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishoppilaspupil
2Finnish-lasForms nouns used to describe people; Forms...
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish erityinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisherityinenspecial; specific
2Finnisheridifferent, other, another; different, separate;...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*erei—
4Proto-Indo-Europeaner-eagle, bird; loose, light, rare, sparse; to fail,...
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -las →