Where does “liikunnanopetus” come from?

liikunnanopetus (Finnish) comes from Finnish opetus, from Finnish opettaa, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

liikunnanopetus (Finnish): (teaching of) physical education

Definitions

  1. (teaching of) physical education

Ancestry of “liikunnanopetus”, step by step

liikunnanopetus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish opetus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishopetusteaching; tuition; moral
2Finnishopettaato teach, instruct
3Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish liikunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliikuntaexercise; physical education
2Finnishliikkuato move, stir; to travel, go; to exercise
3Proto-Finniclikudakmove
4Proto-Uraliclikke-
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-