Where does “upotussuolata” come from?
upotussuolata (Finnish) comes from Finnish upotus, from Finnish upottaa, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
upotussuolata (Finnish): to salt in brine
Ancestry of “upotussuolata”, step by step
upotussuolata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish upotus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | upotus | immersion; embedding; inlay |
| 2 | Finnish | upottaa | to sink; to flood; to submerge, immerse |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish suolata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | suolata | To salt; To preserve in salt; To spread salt on... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | soolat'ak | to salt |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | soola | salt |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | séh₂ls | salt |