Where does “nimitysoikeus” come from?

nimitysoikeus (Finnish) comes from Finnish nimitys, from Finnish nimittää, from Finnish -ittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

nimitysoikeus (Finnish): right of appointment

Definitions

  1. right of appointment

Ancestry of “nimitysoikeus”, step by step

nimitysoikeus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nimitys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnimitysappointment; designation, denomination
2Finnishnimittääto assign, appoint; to name, dub, designate
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 oikeus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishoikeusright; law; justice, law
2Finnishoikearight; right, correct; appropriate, proper,...
3Proto-Finnicoikedastraight; right, correct
4Proto-Finno-Permicwojketa
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Finnish -ittaa