Where does “osoittelu” come from?

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

osoittelu (Finnish): pointing with a finger

Definitions

  1. pointing with a finger

Ancestry of “osoittelu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishosoitellaTo point
2Finnishosoittaato show; to indicate; to point
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →