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Where does “koitos” come from?

koitos (Finnish) comes from Finnish koittaa, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

koitos (Finnish): tribulation, fight, trial

Definitions

  1. tribulation, fight, trial

Ancestry of “koitos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkoittaato break, dawn; to begin, come; Alternative form...
2Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →