Where does “palvontamenot” come from?

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

palvontamenot (Finnish): A worship religious ceremony, especially a non-Christian one

Definitions

  1. A worship religious ceremony, especially a non-Christian one

Ancestry of “palvontamenot”, step by step

palvontamenot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish palvonta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalvontaworship, praise, -latry
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs

via Finnish meno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmenogoing; course, ride; expense, expenditure
2Proto-Finnicmenogoing
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -ntä →Every word from Finnish palvonta →