Where does “ruoansulatus” come from?

ruoansulatus (Finnish) comes from Finnish sulatus, from Finnish sulattaa, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

ruoansulatus (Finnish): digestion

Definitions

  1. digestion

Ancestry of “ruoansulatus”, step by step

ruoansulatus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sulatus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsulatusmelting; smelting
2Finnishsulattaato melt; to smelt; to thaw, defrost
3Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish ruoka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruokafood; meal
2Proto-Finnicrookafood; meal
3Proto-Germanicrōkōcare, attention

Words derived from “ruoansulatus

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttaaEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak