Where does “imitointi” come from?

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

imitointi (Finnish): imitation

Definitions

  1. imitation

Ancestry of “imitointi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ntiForm action nouns from verbs whose first...
2Finnish-ntaForms nouns that describe an action; "erota...
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -nti →Every word from Finnish -nta →