Where does “valotus” come from?
valotus (Finnish) comes from Finnish valottaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
valotus (Finnish): exposure
Definitions
- exposure
Ancestry of “valotus”, step by step
valotus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish valottaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | valottaa | To expose; To illuminate |
| 2 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 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 |