Where does “kieliopinnot” come from?

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

kieliopinnot (Finnish): language studies

Definitions

  1. language studies

Ancestry of “kieliopinnot”, step by step

kieliopinnot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish opinnot

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

via Finnish kieli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkielitongue; language; string
2Proto-Finnickeelitongue; language
3Proto-Uralickäletongue; language
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →Every word from Finnish -i →Every word from Finnish -ntö →