Where does “olettamus” come from?

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

olettamus (Finnish): assumption; hypothesis

Definitions

  1. assumption; hypothesis

Ancestry of “olettamus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisholettaato assume, suppose, presuppose; to premise,...
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “olettamus”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →
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