Where does “valvottaminen” come from?

valvottaminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish valvottaa, from Finnish valvoa, from Finnish -oa, from Proto-Finnic -odak, from Proto-Uralic -w-.

Ancestry of “valvottaminen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalvottaato keep awake, keep up prevent from sleeping
2Finnishvalvoato stay up, stay awake; to oversee, supervise,...
3Finnish-oaForms frequentative verbs, primarily from nouns...
4Proto-Finnic-odakForms some verbs
5Proto-Uralic-w-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w- →Every word from Finnish -oa →Every word from Proto-Finnic -odak →