Where does “lopputarkoitus” come from?
lopputarkoitus (Finnish) comes from Finnish tarkoitus, from Finnish tarkoittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
lopputarkoitus (Finnish): final purpose, end, end-all
Definitions
- final purpose, end, end-all
Ancestry of “lopputarkoitus”, step by step
lopputarkoitus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tarkoitus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tarkoitus | meaning; function; purpose, end |
| 2 | Finnish | tarkoittaa | to mean, signify |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |