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Where does “olettaa” come from?

olettaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

olettaa (Finnish): to assume, suppose, presuppose; to premise,...

Definitions

  1. to assume, suppose, presuppose; to premise,...

Ancestry of “olettaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
2Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
3Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “olettaa”

  • olettamus
  • perusoletus
  • oletus
  • syyttömyysolettama
  • olettama
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