Where does “opetusviranomainen” come from?

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

opetusviranomainen (Finnish): education authority

Definitions

  1. education authority

Ancestry of “opetusviranomainen”, step by step

opetusviranomainen 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 viranomainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviranomainenofficial, public authority; officer or official...
2Finnish-omainen
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-