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
Ancestry of “koputus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | koputtaa | to knock |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |