Where does “johdotus” come from?

johdotus (Finnish) comes from Finnish johdottaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

johdotus (Finnish): wiring act of equipping with wires

Definitions

  1. wiring act of equipping with wires

Ancestry of “johdotus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishjohdottaaTo wire
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 →