Where does “orientointi” come from?

orientointi (Finnish) comes from Finnish -nti, from Finnish -nta, from Proto-Finnic -nta — Forms action nouns from verbs.

orientointi (Finnish): orientation

Definitions

  1. orientation

Ancestry of “orientointi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ntiForm action nouns from verbs whose first...
2Finnish-ntaForms nouns that describe an action; "erota...
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -nti →Every word from Finnish -nta →