Where does “länsivienti” come from?

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

länsivienti (Finnish): exports to the west

Definitions

  1. exports to the west

Ancestry of “länsivienti”, step by step

länsivienti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vienti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvientiexport
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 länsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlänsiwest; the West
2Proto-Finniclänciwest
3Proto-Finniclancilowland
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -nti →Every word from Finnish vienti →