Where does “liputus” come from?

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

liputus (Finnish): act of flying a flag or flags; flag

Definitions

  1. act of flying a flag or flags; flag

Ancestry of “liputus”, step by step

liputus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish liputtaa

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-—

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “liputus”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →