Where does “kuopata” come from?

kuopata (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuoppa, from Proto-Finnic kooppa — pit.

kuopata (Finnish): to bury to place in the ground

Definitions

  1. to bury to place in the ground

Ancestry of “kuopata”, step by step

kuopata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuoppa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuoppapit; pothole
2Proto-Finnickooppapit

via Finnish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishwhat
2FinnishmitäPartitive singular form of mikä; Partitive...

Words derived from “kuopata

Every word from Proto-Finnic kooppaEvery word from Finnish kuoppa