Where does “valo-oppi” come from?
valo-oppi (Finnish) comes from Finnish oppi, from Finnish oppia, from Proto-Finnic oppidak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric woppe-.
valo-oppi (Finnish): optics
Ancestry of “valo-oppi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | oppi | doctrine; study, -logy, theory; in this sense... |
| 2 | Finnish | oppia | to learn |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | oppidak | to learn |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | woppe- | — |