opettaa etymology

Finnish word opettaa comes from Proto-Finnic *oppidak (To learn.)

Detailed word origin of opettaa

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*oppidak Proto-Finnic (fiu-fin-pro) To learn.
oppia Finnish (fin) (intransitive) To learn (to do something = active 3rd infinitive in illative, -maan/-mään).. (transitive) To learn (something).
opettaa Finnish (fin) (transitive) To teach someone (= allative) about something (= elative).. (transitive) To teach someone (= partitive) to do something (= active 3rd infinitive in illative, -maan/-mään).

Words with the same origin as opettaa

Descendants of *oppidak
ope opetella opettaja opinnot opiskelija opiskella oppia oppiminen