Where does “hiihdonopettaja” come from?

hiihdonopettaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish opettaja, from Finnish opettaa, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

hiihdonopettaja (Finnish): ski instructor

Definitions

  1. ski instructor

Ancestry of “hiihdonopettaja”, step by step

hiihdonopettaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish opettaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishopettajateacher
2Finnishopettaato teach, instruct
3Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish hiihto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiihtoskiing; "In plural," skiing games
2FinnishhiihtääTo ski
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttaa →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →