Where does “ulkolähetti” come from?

ulkolähetti (Finnish) comes from Finnish lähetti, from Finnish lähettää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

ulkolähetti (Finnish): external courier; a courier that delivers parcels or messages to or from outside a company, institution, etc

Definitions

  1. external courier; a courier that delivers parcels or messages to or from outside a company, institution, etc

Ancestry of “ulkolähetti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlähettimessenger, courier; orderly; errand boy
2Finnishlähettääto send; to dispatch; to ship
3Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttaa →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →