Where does “lastenkasvatus” come from?

lastenkasvatus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kasvatus, from Finnish kasvattaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

lastenkasvatus (Finnish): parenting, child raising, child rearing, child training

Definitions

  1. parenting, child raising, child rearing, child training

Ancestry of “lastenkasvatus”, step by step

lastenkasvatus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kasvatus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasvatusrearing; upbringing; raising
2FinnishkasvattaaTo let grow; To grow, raise, breed; To rear,...
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 →