Where does “spermanluovuttaja” come from?

spermanluovuttaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish luovuttaja, from Finnish luovuttaa, from Finnish luopua, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

spermanluovuttaja (Finnish): sperm donor

Definitions

  1. sperm donor

Ancestry of “spermanluovuttaja”, step by step

spermanluovuttaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish luovuttaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishluovuttajaOne who surrenders, gives up; donor
2Finnishluovuttaato hand over, surrender, give up, deliver,...
3Finnishluopuato abandon, relinquish
4Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish sperma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishspermasemen; sperm
2Ancient Greekσπέρμαseed; semen, sperm; seed-time, sowing
3Proto-Hellenic*spérmə
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak