Where does “laivamuonittaja” come from?

laivamuonittaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish muonittaja, from Finnish muonittaa, from Finnish -ittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

laivamuonittaja (Finnish): ship chandler, ship food supplier

Definitions

  1. ship chandler, ship food supplier

Ancestry of “laivamuonittaja”, step by step

laivamuonittaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish muonittaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuonittajaprovisioner, caterer, food supplier
2Finnishmuonittaato supply with food, provision
3Finnish-ittaaVariant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems
4Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish laiva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaivaship; nave
2Proto-Finniclaivaship
3Proto-Finniclawja
4Proto-Germanicflawjąship, vessel
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Finnish -ittaa