Where does “kemianopettaja” come from?

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

kemianopettaja (Finnish): chemistry teacher

Definitions

  1. chemistry teacher

Ancestry of “kemianopettaja”, step by step

kemianopettaja 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 kemia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkemiachemistry; interpersonal relationship
2New Latinchēmīa—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttaa →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →