Where does “upotteinen” come from?

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

upotteinen (Finnish): subordinate; inlaid

Definitions

  1. subordinate; inlaid

Ancestry of “upotteinen”, step by step

upotteinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish upote

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishupotesubordinate clause; inlay; something, e.g. a...
2Finnishupottaato sink; to flood; to submerge, immerse
3Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish inen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinen
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttaaEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak