Where does “karvanluonti” come from?

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

karvanluonti (Finnish): epilation, moult of hair or fur

Definitions

  1. epilation, moult of hair or fur

Ancestry of “karvanluonti”, step by step

karvanluonti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish luonti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishluonticreation, generation; plowing
2Finnish-ntiForm action nouns from verbs whose first...
3Finnish-ntaForms nouns that describe an action; "erota...
4Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs

via Finnish karva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarvahair; fur; colors, stripes
2Proto-Finnickarvahair; color
3Proto-Finnickawra
Every word from Proto-Finnic -ntaEvery word from Finnish -ntiEvery word from Finnish -nta