Where does “havaintokieli” come from?

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

havaintokieli (Finnish): perceptual language

Definitions

  1. perceptual language

Ancestry of “havaintokieli”, step by step

havaintokieli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish havainto

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

via Finnish kieli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkielitongue; language; string
2Proto-Finnickeelitongue; language
3Proto-Uralickäletongue; language
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →Every word from Finnish -i →Every word from Finnish -ntö →
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