Where does “rakkaudenosoitus” come from?
rakkaudenosoitus (Finnish) comes from Finnish osoitus, from Finnish osoittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
rakkaudenosoitus (Finnish): expression of love, demonstration of love
Definitions
- expression of love, demonstration of love
Ancestry of “rakkaudenosoitus”, step by step
rakkaudenosoitus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish osoitus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | osoitus | indication, demonstration, manifestation |
| 2 | Finnish | osoittaa | to show; to indicate; to point |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish rakkaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rakkaus | love, affection |
| 2 | Finnish | rakas | dear, beloved, cherished; eager, willing, greedy;... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | rak'as | greedy |