Where does “toivottaja” come from?

toivottaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish toivottaa, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

toivottaja (Finnish): wisher one who wishes, or bestows a wish

Definitions

  1. wisher one who wishes, or bestows a wish

Ancestry of “toivottaja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtoivottaaTo wish; To bid
2Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-

Words derived from “toivottaja

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