Where does “linnanrauniot” come from?
linnanrauniot (Finnish) comes from Finnish raunio, from Finnish -io, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.
linnanrauniot (Finnish): ruins of a castle
Ancestry of “linnanrauniot”, step by step
linnanrauniot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish raunio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | raunio | ruin |
| 2 | Finnish | -io | Forms nouns from verbs or verbal stems; Forms... |
| 3 | Finnish | -o | Forms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -o | Forms action/result nouns from verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |
via Finnish Linna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Linna | castle large fortified residential building |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | litna | town, city; fortification, fortress |