Where does “havaintojakso” come from?
havaintojakso (Finnish) comes from Finnish havainto, from Finnish -ntö, from Finnish -mö, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
havaintojakso (Finnish): observation period
Ancestry of “havaintojakso”, step by step
havaintojakso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish havainto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | havainto | perception; observation |
| 2 | Finnish | -ntö | — |
| 3 | Finnish | -mö | Front vowel variant of -mo |
| 4 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |
via Finnish jakso
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jakso | period; episode; passage |
| 2 | Finnish | jaksaa | to manage, to have enough strength; to manage, to... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | jaksadak | to manage, to be able to |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Permic | jaksa- | — |