Where does “lahontorjunta” come from?

lahontorjunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish torjunta, from Finnish -ntä, from Proto-Finnic -nta — Forms action nouns from verbs.

lahontorjunta (Finnish): wood preservation against rotting

Definitions

  1. wood preservation against rotting

Ancestry of “lahontorjunta”, step by step

lahontorjunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish torjunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtorjuntaprevention; foiling of an attack; prevention,...
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs

via Finnish laho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlahorotten; rotten wood, especially a rotten section...
2Proto-Finniclahoof tree/wood rotten
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -ntä →Every word from Finnish torjunta →