Where does “oppilaskoti” come from?

oppilaskoti (Finnish) comes from Finnish oppilas, from Finnish -las, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

oppilaskoti (Finnish): 'student home', 'pupil home'; an assisted living facility for children with special needs

Definitions

  1. 'student home', 'pupil home'; an assisted living facility for children with special needs

Ancestry of “oppilaskoti”, step by step

oppilaskoti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish oppilas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishoppilaspupil
2Finnish-lasForms nouns used to describe people; Forms...
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish koti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkotihome
2Proto-Finnickoteihome
3Proto-Finnickotatent, hut
4Proto-Finno-Ugrickotatent, hut, house
5Proto-Uralickotahut, tent, tepee
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