Where does “kasvatusisä” come from?

kasvatusisä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kasvatus, from Finnish kasvattaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

kasvatusisä (Finnish): foster father, adoptive father

Definitions

  1. foster father, adoptive father

Ancestry of “kasvatusisä”, step by step

kasvatusisä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kasvatus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasvatusrearing; upbringing; raising
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 isä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishisäfather; Father
2Proto-Finnicicäfather
3Proto-Uralicićäfather
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →