Where does “oletus” come from?
oletus (Finnish) comes from Finnish olettaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
oletus (Finnish): assumption, supposition; default
Definitions
- assumption, supposition; default
Ancestry of “oletus”, step by step
oletus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish olettaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | olettaa | to assume, suppose, presuppose; to premise,... |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |