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Where does “karkotus” come from?

karkotus (Finnish) comes from Finnish karkottaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

karkotus (Finnish): A deportation

Definitions

  1. A deportation

Ancestry of “karkotus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarkottaato drive away; to banish, exile
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “karkotus”

  • maastakarkotus
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →