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Where does “upottaa” come from?

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

upottaa (Finnish): to sink; to flood; to submerge, immerse

Definitions

  1. to sink; to flood; to submerge, immerse

Ancestry of “upottaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
2Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
3Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “upottaa”

  • upotussuolata
  • upotuspora
  • laivanupotus
  • upotussuolaus
  • upotella
  • upottaminen
  • upotteinen
  • upote
  • upotuskaste
  • upotus
  • upotuskoristelu
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →