Where does “opetuskieli” come from?

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

opetuskieli (Finnish): medium of instruction, language of instruction,...

Definitions

  1. medium of instruction, language of instruction,...

Ancestry of “opetuskieli”, step by step

opetuskieli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish opetus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishopetusteaching; tuition; moral
2Finnishopettaato teach, instruct
3Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish kieli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkielitongue; language; string
2Proto-Finnickeelitongue; language
3Proto-Uralickäletongue; language
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttaa →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →