Where does “kotiopettaja” come from?
kotiopettaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish opettaja, from Finnish opettaa, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
kotiopettaja (Finnish): home teacher
Ancestry of “kotiopettaja”, step by step
kotiopettaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish opettaja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | opettaja | teacher |
| 2 | Finnish | opettaa | to teach, instruct |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish koti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | koti | home |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kotei | home |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kota | tent, hut |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | kota | tent, hut, house |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | kota | hut, tent, tepee |