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Where does “-ntö” come from?
-ntö (Finnish) comes from Finnish -mö, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
Ancestry of “-ntö”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Finnish
-mö
Front vowel variant of -mo
2
Finnish
-i
A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
3
Proto-Uralic
-j
oblique plural
Words derived from “-ntö”
tutkinto
sääntö
olento
keinonto
istunto
perintö
ravinto
havainto
opinnot
nimentö
palkinto
nautinto
varanto
kesanto
pyyntö
kaivanto
tulento
verranto
sovinto
näytäntö
toiminto
pyrintö
eronto
seuranto
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