Where does “latvonta” come from?

latvonta (Finnish) comes from Finnish latvoa, from Finnish -öä, from Proto-Finnic -odak, from Proto-Uralic -w-.

latvonta (Finnish): pinching act of pinching off new growth

Definitions

  1. pinching act of pinching off new growth

Ancestry of “latvonta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlatvoato pinch
2Finnish-öäFront vowel variant of -oa
3Proto-Finnic-odakForms some verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w- →Every word from Finnish -öä →Every word from Proto-Finnic -odak →