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

  1. 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

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 sääty

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsäätyestate; class; rank
2Finnishsäätääto adjust, regulate, tune, control; to enact;...
3Proto-Finnicsäätädäkto arrange, organize
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttaaEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak
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