Where does “havaintokynnys” come from?

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

havaintokynnys (Finnish): sensory threshold

Definitions

  1. sensory threshold

Ancestry of “havaintokynnys”, step by step

havaintokynnys 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 kynnys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkynnysthreshold; doorsill
2Proto-Finnickündüsthreshold
3Quechuakunturcondor
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →Every word from Finnish -i →Every word from Finnish -ntö →
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