Where does “palontorjunta” come from?

palontorjunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish torjunta, from Finnish -ntä, from Proto-Finnic -nta — Forms action nouns from verbs.

palontorjunta (Finnish): fire protection, firefighting

Definitions

  1. fire protection, firefighting

Ancestry of “palontorjunta”, step by step

palontorjunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish torjunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtorjuntaprevention; foiling of an attack; prevention,...
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs

via Finnish Palo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishPaloname of many small places in Finland
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*palo—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -ntä →Every word from Finnish torjunta →