Where does “opintoneuvonta” come from?

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

opintoneuvonta (Finnish): educational counseling, student counseling

Definitions

  1. educational counseling, student counseling

Ancestry of “opintoneuvonta”, step by step

opintoneuvonta 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 neuvonta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishneuvontaadvice, counseling; help desk
2Finnishneuvoato advise, counsel; show give advice to, offer as advice
3Proto-Finnicneuvodakto advise, to counsel
Every word from Proto-Uralic -jEvery word from Finnish -iEvery word from Finnish -ntö