Where does “soitonopettaja” come from?
soitonopettaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish opettaja, from Finnish opettaa, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
soitonopettaja (Finnish): music (instrument) teacher, music (instrument) instructor
Definitions
- music (instrument) teacher, music (instrument) instructor
Ancestry of “soitonopettaja”, step by step
soitonopettaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish opettaja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | opettaja | teacher |
| 2 | Finnish | opettaa | to teach, instruct |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish soitto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | soitto | music; playing; call, telephone call; ring; bell |
| 2 | Finnish | soittaa | to play; to phone, call; to ring, toll |
| 3 | Finnish | soida | to sound; to ring |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | soidak | to sound, to ring (to produce a sound) |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | śoje | — |