Where does “valotusvara” come from?
valotusvara (Finnish) comes from Finnish valotus, from Finnish valottaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
valotusvara (Finnish): exposure latitude
Ancestry of “valotusvara”, step by step
valotusvara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish valotus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | valotus | exposure |
| 2 | Finnish | valottaa | To expose; To illuminate |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish vara
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vara | reserve, backup; resources, reserves, funds,... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | warō | attention, care |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |