Where does “ihmeolento” come from?

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

ihmeolento (Finnish): wondrous creature, mysterious creature, miracle creature

Definitions

  1. wondrous creature, mysterious creature, miracle creature

Ancestry of “ihmeolento”, step by step

ihmeolento traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish olento

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

via Finnish ihme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishihmemiracle, wonder; strange, weird
2Proto-Finnicimehwonder, miracle
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →Every word from Finnish -i →Every word from Finnish -ntö →