Where does “opintokeskus” come from?

opintokeskus (Finnish) comes from Finnish opinnot, from Finnish -ntö, from Finnish -mö, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

opintokeskus (Finnish): study center a kind of educational organization

Definitions

  1. study center a kind of educational organization

Ancestry of “opintokeskus”, step by step

opintokeskus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish opinnot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishopinnotstudies
2Finnish-ntö—
3Finnish-möFront vowel variant of -mo
4Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
5Proto-Uralic-joblique plural

via Finnish keskus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeskuscentre/center
2FinnishKeski-middle, central; average, mid-, medium
3Proto-Finnickeskimiddle, center
4Proto-Finno-Permickeske—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →Every word from Finnish -i →Every word from Finnish -ntö →