Where does “opettajaopisto” come from?
opettajaopisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish opettaja, from Finnish opettaa, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
opettajaopisto (Finnish): teachers' college
Ancestry of “opettajaopisto”, step by step
opettajaopisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish opettaja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | opettaja | teacher |
| 2 | Finnish | opettaa | to teach, instruct |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish opisto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | opisto | institute, college |
| 2 | Finnish | oppi | doctrine; study, -logy, theory; in this sense... |
| 3 | Finnish | oppia | to learn |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | oppidak | to learn |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | woppe- | — |