Where does “lomittaja” come from?

lomittaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish lomittaa, from Finnish -ittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

lomittaja (Finnish): a temporary worker that replaces a worker going on vacation; caretaker

Definitions

  1. a temporary worker that replaces a worker going on vacation; caretaker

Ancestry of “lomittaja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlomittaato interleave, interlace, intersperse, interlock
2Finnish-ittaaVariant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-

Words derived from “lomittaja

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Finnish -ittaa
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