Where does “laantumaton” come from?
laantumaton (Finnish) comes from Finnish laantua, from Finnish -ntua, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.
laantumaton (Finnish): unabated; Negative participle of laantua
Definitions
- unabated; Negative participle of laantua
Ancestry of “laantumaton”, step by step
laantumaton traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish laantua
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laantua | to abate, subside; to die down |
| 2 | Finnish | -ntua | Forms reflexive or inchoative intransitive verbs |
| 3 | Finnish | -ua | Forms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -üdäk | Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs |
via Finnish maton
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maton | Genitive singular form of matto |