Where does “miehitysluku” come from?

miehitysluku (Finnish) comes from Finnish miehitys, from Finnish miehittää, from Finnish -ittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

miehitysluku (Finnish): occupation number

Definitions

  1. occupation number

Ancestry of “miehitysluku”, step by step

miehitysluku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish miehitys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmiehitysmanning; occupation
2Finnishmiehittääto man; to staff; to occupy, take possession of
3Finnish-ittaaVariant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems
4Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish luku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlukunumber, count, quantity; chapter; reading
2Proto-Finniclukunumber, quantity
3Proto-Finniclukedakto count; to read ?
4Proto-Uralicluke-to count
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Finnish -ittaa