Where does “koputus” come from?

koputus (Finnish) comes from Finnish koputtaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

koputus (Finnish): knock

Definitions

  1. knock

Ancestry of “koputus”, step by step

koputus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish koputtaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkoputtaato knock
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “koputus”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →