Where does “lapsikorotus” come from?

lapsikorotus (Finnish) comes from Finnish korotus, from Finnish köröttää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

lapsikorotus (Finnish): child increase, child bonus in tax credit, pension, etc

Definitions

  1. child increase, child bonus in tax credit, pension, etc

Ancestry of “lapsikorotus”, step by step

lapsikorotus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish korotus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkorotusraise, increase; raise
2Finnishköröttääto drive slowly
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish lapsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlapsichild
2Proto-Finniclapcichild
3Proto-Uraliclëpćecradle
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →