Where does “kasvattipoika” come from?

kasvattipoika (Finnish) comes from Finnish kasvatti, from Finnish kasvattaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

kasvattipoika (Finnish): foster son, adopted son

Definitions

  1. foster son, adopted son

Ancestry of “kasvattipoika”, step by step

kasvattipoika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kasvatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasvattifoster child
2FinnishkasvattaaTo let grow; To grow, raise, breed; To rear,...
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish poika

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoikaboy; son; young
2Proto-Finnicpoikason; boy
3Proto-Uralicpojkaboy; son
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →