Where does “meluntorjunta” come from?
meluntorjunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish torjunta, from Finnish -ntä, from Proto-Finnic -nta — Forms action nouns from verbs.
meluntorjunta (Finnish): noise protection, noise abatement
Definitions
- noise protection, noise abatement
Ancestry of “meluntorjunta”, step by step
meluntorjunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish torjunta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | torjunta | prevention; foiling of an attack; prevention,... |
| 2 | Finnish | -ntä | Front vowel variant of -nta; API |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -nta | Forms action nouns from verbs |
via Finnish melu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | melu | noise |