Where does “momentti” come from?

momentti (Finnish) comes from Swedish moment, from Latin mōmentum, from Latin mōvimentum, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

momentti (Finnish): a moment, phase, point, element; moment; A...

Definitions

  1. a moment, phase, point, element; moment; A...

Ancestry of “momentti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishmomenta step in a process
2Latinmōmentummovement, motion, impulse; course
3Latinmōvimentummovement
4Latin-mentuminstrument, medium, or result of; e.g....
5Latin-mentanominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural...
6Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “momentti

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥Every word from Latin -mentumEvery word from Latin mōvimentum