Where does “pelonlietsonta” come from?

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

pelonlietsonta (Finnish): fearmongering spreading needless fear

Definitions

  1. fearmongering spreading needless fear

Ancestry of “pelonlietsonta”, step by step

pelonlietsonta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lietsonta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlietsontablowing air into a fire
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs

via Finnish pelko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpelkofear, dread
2Proto-Finnicpelkofear, dread
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -ntä →Every word from Finnish lietsonta →
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