Where does “opintoviikko” come from?
opintoviikko (Finnish) comes from Finnish opinnot, from Finnish -ntö, from Finnish -mö, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
opintoviikko (Finnish): course credit
Ancestry of “opintoviikko”, step by step
opintoviikko 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 viikko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | viikko | week |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | wikǭ | sequence; week |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | weyg- | to bend, wind, turn, yield; to wind, bend; to... |