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Where does “avajaisistunto” come from?

avajaisistunto (Finnish) comes from Finnish istunto, from Finnish -ntö, from Finnish -mö, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

avajaisistunto (Finnish): opening session

Definitions

  1. opening session

Ancestry of “avajaisistunto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishistuntomeeting, sitting, session; session; sit
2Finnish-ntö—
3Finnish-möFront vowel variant of -mo
4Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
5Proto-Uralic-joblique plural
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