Where does “open” come from?
open (Finnish) comes from Finnish ope, from Finnish opettaja, from Finnish opettaa, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
open (Finnish): genitive singular of ope
Ancestry of “open”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | ope | teacher |
| 2 | Finnish | opettaja | teacher |
| 3 | Finnish | opettaa | to teach someone to do something , instruct; to... |
| 4 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |