Where does “etsimätön” come from?

etsimätön (Finnish) comes from Finnish -mätön, from Proto-Finnic -mat'oin, from Proto-Finnic -t'oin, from Proto-Uralic -ktama.

etsimätön (Finnish): unsought for

Definitions

  1. unsought for

Ancestry of “etsimätön”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-mätönFront vowel variant of -maton
2Proto-Finnic-mat'oinForms the negative participle, which is used as an adjective
3Proto-Finnic-t'oin-less
4Proto-Uralic-ktama—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ktama →Every word from Finnish -mätön →Every word from Proto-Finnic -t'oin →