Where does “naamakarvoitus” come from?
naamakarvoitus (Finnish) comes from Finnish karvoitus, from Finnish karvoittua, from Finnish -oittua, from Finnish -öittää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
naamakarvoitus (Finnish): facial hair hair on the face of an animal
Definitions
- facial hair hair on the face of an animal
Ancestry of “naamakarvoitus”, step by step
naamakarvoitus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish karvoitus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | karvoitus | body hair, hair; fur body hair collectively |
| 2 | Finnish | karvoittua | to become hairy |
| 3 | Finnish | -oittua | Variant of -ttua used for many stems that end in... |
| 4 | Finnish | -öittää | Front vowel variant of -oittaa |
| 5 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |