Where does “opintoaine” come from?
opintoaine (Finnish) comes from Finnish opinnot, from Finnish -ntö, from Finnish -mö, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
opintoaine (Finnish): study subject, school subject, educational subject
Definitions
- study subject, school subject, educational subject
Ancestry of “opintoaine”, step by step
opintoaine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish opinnot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | opinnot | studies |
| 2 | Finnish | -ntö | — |
| 3 | Finnish | -mö | Front vowel variant of -mo |
| 4 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |
via Finnish aine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | aine | matter, material, substance; subject, discipline;... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | abniją | That which is made; material; stuff |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *abnijaną | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ōp- | to achieve |