Where does “opintosuunta” come from?

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

opintosuunta (Finnish): specialization, specialized field of study

Definitions

  1. specialization, specialized field of study

Ancestry of “opintosuunta”, step by step

opintosuunta 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 suunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuuntadirection; hand; path
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →Every word from Finnish -i →Every word from Finnish -ntö →