Where does “hyvinvointipalvelu” come from?

hyvinvointipalvelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish hyvinvointi, from Finnish vointi, from Finnish -nti, from Finnish -nta, from Proto-Finnic -nta — Forms action nouns from verbs.

hyvinvointipalvelu (Finnish): welfare service, wellbeing service, wellness service

Definitions

  1. welfare service, wellbeing service, wellness service

Ancestry of “hyvinvointipalvelu”, step by step

hyvinvointipalvelu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hyvinvointi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhyvinvointiwell-being, welfare; wellness
2Finnishvointicondition, feel, shape
3Finnish-ntiForm action nouns from verbs whose first...
4Finnish-ntaForms nouns that describe an action; "erota...
5Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs

via Finnish palvelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalveluservice
2Finnishpalvellato serve; Adessive singular form of palvi
3Finnishpalvoato worship; to love ardently
4Proto-Finnicpalvodakto ask for
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta
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