Where does “opetus” come from?

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

opetus (Finnish): teaching; tuition; moral

Definitions

  1. teaching; tuition; moral

Ancestry of “opetus”, step by step

opetus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish opettaa

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

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “opetus

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-