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Where does “osoitin” come from?

osoitin (Finnish) comes from Finnish osoittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

osoitin (Finnish): pointer; pointer, cursor; indicator

Definitions

  1. pointer; pointer, cursor; indicator

Ancestry of “osoitin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishosoittaato show; to indicate; to point
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “osoitin”

  • sekuntiosoitin
  • osoitintappi
  • tuntiosoitin
  • minuuttiosoitin
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →