Where does “opettajapula” come from?
opettajapula (Finnish) comes from Finnish opettaja, from Finnish opettaa, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
opettajapula (Finnish): teacher shortage, shortage of teachers
Definitions
- teacher shortage, shortage of teachers
Ancestry of “opettajapula”, step by step
opettajapula 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 pula
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pula | shortage; an economic crisis characterized by... |