Where does “nykylatina” come from?
nykylatina (Finnish) comes from Finnish lätinä, from Latin Latīnus, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.
nykylatina (Finnish): New Latin
Ancestry of “nykylatina”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lätinä | chatter |
| 2 | Latin | Latīnus | — |
| 3 | Latin | -īnus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |