Where does “kotikielenopettaja” come from?

kotikielenopettaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish kotikieli, from Finnish koti, from Proto-Finnic kotei, from Proto-Finnic kota, from Proto-Finno-Ugric kota, from Proto-Uralic kota — hut, tent, tepee.

kotikielenopettaja (Finnish): a teacher who provides language education in the language spoken by the children at home, often some other language than Finnish

Definitions

  1. a teacher who provides language education in the language spoken by the children at home, often some other language than Finnish

Ancestry of “kotikielenopettaja”, step by step

kotikielenopettaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kotikieli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkotikielilanguage spoken at home
2Finnishkotihome
3Proto-Finnickoteihome
4Proto-Finnickotatent, hut
5Proto-Finno-Ugrickotatent, hut, house
6Proto-Uralickotahut, tent, tepee

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-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kota →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric kota →Every word from Proto-Finnic kota →