Where does “metsäsertifiointi” come from?

metsäsertifiointi (Finnish) comes from Finnish sertifiointi, from Finnish -nti, from Finnish -nta, from Proto-Finnic -nta — Forms action nouns from verbs.

metsäsertifiointi (Finnish): forest certification

Definitions

  1. forest certification

Ancestry of “metsäsertifiointi”, step by step

metsäsertifiointi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sertifiointi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsertifiointicertification
2Finnish-ntiForm action nouns from verbs whose first...
3Finnish-ntaForms nouns that describe an action; "erota...
4Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs

via Finnish metsä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmetsäforest, woods; bush; hunting
2Proto-Finnic*meccä
3Proto-Balticmedjas
Every word from Proto-Finnic -ntaEvery word from Finnish -ntiEvery word from Finnish -nta