Where does “liputtaja” come from?

liputtaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish liputtaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

liputtaja (Finnish): flagger, flagman one who uses a flag or signal

Definitions

  1. flagger, flagman one who uses a flag or signal

Ancestry of “liputtaja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishliputtaaTo fly a flag; To register a ship to state
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-

Words derived from “liputtaja

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak