Where does “lisääntymistapa” come from?

lisääntymistapa (Finnish) comes from Finnish lisääntyminen, from Finnish lisääntyä, from Finnish -Vntua, from Finnish -untua, from Finnish -ntua, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.

lisääntymistapa (Finnish): way or method of reproduction

Definitions

  1. way or method of reproduction

Ancestry of “lisääntymistapa”, step by step

lisääntymistapa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lisääntyminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlisääntyminenreproduction; Fourth infinitive of lisääntyä
2FinnishlisääntyäTo reproduce; To increase
3Finnish-VntuaForms passive verbs
4Finnish-untua
5Finnish-ntuaForms reflexive or inchoative intransitive verbs
6Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
7Proto-Finnic-üdäkForms mainly passive or anticausative verbs

via Finnish tapa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtapacustom; habit; manner
2Proto-Finnictapaway, custom; nature
Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäkEvery word from Finnish -uaEvery word from Finnish -Vntua
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