Where does “upotus” come from?
upotus (Finnish) comes from Finnish upottaa, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
upotus (Finnish): immersion; embedding; inlay
Definitions
- immersion; embedding; inlay
Ancestry of “upotus”, step by step
upotus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish upottaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | upottaa | to sink; to flood; to submerge, immerse |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |