Where does “rasvasuodatin” come from?

rasvasuodatin (Finnish) comes from Finnish suodatin, from Finnish suodattaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

rasvasuodatin (Finnish): grease trap, grease filter

Definitions

  1. grease trap, grease filter

Ancestry of “rasvasuodatin”, step by step

rasvasuodatin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish suodatin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuodatinfilter; First-person singular indicative past...
2FinnishsuodattaaTo filter
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish rasva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrasvafat; grease; ointment
2Proto-Finnicrasvafat
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →