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Where does “matkapahoinvointi” come from?

matkapahoinvointi (Finnish) comes from Finnish pahoinvointi, from Finnish vointi, from Finnish -nti, from Finnish -nta, from Proto-Finnic -nta.

matkapahoinvointi (Finnish): motion sickness ; airsickness, carsickness,...

Definitions

  1. motion sickness ; airsickness, carsickness,...

Ancestry of “matkapahoinvointi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpahoinvointinausea, sickness
2Finnishvointicondition, feel, shape
3Finnish-ntiForm action nouns from verbs whose first...
4Finnish-ntaForms nouns that describe an action; "erota...
5Proto-Finnic-nta—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →