Where does “-nto” come from?
-nto (Finnish) comes from Finnish -mö, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
Ancestry of “-nto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |