Where does “upotusreikä” come from?

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

upotusreikä (Finnish): countersink hole a hole with a conical reces

Definitions

  1. countersink hole a hole with a conical reces

Ancestry of “upotusreikä”, step by step

upotusreikä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish upotus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishupotusimmersion; embedding; inlay
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 reikä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishreikähole; puncture; cavity
2Proto-Finnicraikahole
3Proto-Finnicrajka—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttaa →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →