Where does “katsantotapa” come from?

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

katsantotapa (Finnish): approach mmanner in which a problem is solved or policy is made

Definitions

  1. approach mmanner in which a problem is solved or policy is made

Ancestry of “katsantotapa”, step by step

katsantotapa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish katsanto

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

via Finnish tapa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtapacustom; habit; manner
2Proto-Finnictapaway, custom; nature
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →Every word from Finnish -i →Every word from Finnish -ntö →
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