Where does “yksityisoppilas” come from?

yksityisoppilas (Finnish) comes from Finnish oppilas, from Finnish -las, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

yksityisoppilas (Finnish): private student; student of a private teacher or tutor

Definitions

  1. private student; student of a private teacher or tutor

Ancestry of “yksityisoppilas”, step by step

yksityisoppilas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish oppilas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishoppilaspupil
2Finnish-lasForms nouns used to describe people; Forms...
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s

via Finnish yksityinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyksityinenprivate; personal; single, particular, specific
2Finnish-tuinenVariant of -inen
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -sEvery word from Finnish -läEvery word from Finnish -las