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Where does “istunto” come from?

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

istunto (Finnish): meeting, sitting, session; session; sit

Definitions

  1. meeting, sitting, session; session; sit

Ancestry of “istunto”, step by step

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

Words derived from “istunto”

  • jälkkäri
  • jälki-istunto
  • täysistunto
  • avajaisistunto
  • rinnakkaisistunto
  • oikeudenistunto
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →