Where does “miekkari” come from?

miekkari (Finnish) comes from Finnish mielenosoitus, from Finnish osoitus, from Finnish osoittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

miekkari (Finnish): demonstration

Definitions

  1. demonstration

Ancestry of “miekkari”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmielenosoitusdemonstration, protest
2Finnishosoitusindication, demonstration, manifestation
3Finnishosoittaato show; to indicate; to point
4Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →