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

Definitions

  1. genitive singular of ope

Ancestry of “open”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishopeteacher
2Finnishopettajateacher
3Finnishopettaato teach, instruct
4Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttaa →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →