Where does “kuljetusalus” come from?
kuljetusalus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuljetus, from Finnish kuljettaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
kuljetusalus (Finnish): transport ship
Ancestry of “kuljetusalus”, step by step
kuljetusalus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kuljetus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuljetus | transport, a delivery, a ride |
| 2 | Finnish | kuljettaa | to transport; to carry, convey; to drive |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish alus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | alus | vessel, craft, ship; underlay, base; subject |
| 2 | Finnish | ala | area, field, domain; field, discipline; industry,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | ala | lower; under |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | ëla | below |