Where does “korotus” come from?
korotus (Finnish) comes from Finnish köröttää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
korotus (Finnish): raise, increase; raise
Definitions
- raise, increase; raise
Ancestry of “korotus”, step by step
korotus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish köröttää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | köröttää | to drive slowly |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |