Where does “opetussääty” come from?
opetussääty (Finnish) comes from Finnish opetus, from Finnish opettaa, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
opetussääty (Finnish): the estate of the clergy and the teachers
Definitions
- the estate of the clergy and the teachers
Ancestry of “opetussääty”, step by step
opetussääty traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish opetus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | opetus | teaching; tuition; moral |
| 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 sääty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sääty | estate; class; rank |
| 2 | Finnish | säätää | to adjust, regulate, tune, control; to enact;... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | säätädäk | to arrange, organize |