Where does “auringonpalvonta” come from?

auringonpalvonta (Finnish) comes from Finnish palvonta, from Finnish -ntä, from Proto-Finnic -nta — Forms action nouns from verbs.

auringonpalvonta (Finnish): heliolatry; heliotheism

Definitions

  1. heliolatry; heliotheism

Ancestry of “auringonpalvonta”, step by step

auringonpalvonta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish palvonta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalvontaworship, praise, -latry
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs

via Finnish aurinko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaurinkothe Sun
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -ntä →Every word from Finnish palvonta →