Where does “opettaja” come from?

opettaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish opettaa, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

opettaja (Finnish): teacher

Definitions

  1. teacher

Ancestry of “opettaja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishopettaato teach, instruct
2Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-

Words derived from “opettaja

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttaaEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak