Where does “pirstonta” come from?

pirstonta (Finnish) comes from Finnish pirstoa, from Finnish -öä, from Proto-Finnic -odak, from Proto-Uralic -w-.

pirstonta (Finnish): shattering, smashing

Definitions

  1. shattering, smashing

Ancestry of “pirstonta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpirstoato shatter, smash
2Finnish-öäFront vowel variant of -oa
3Proto-Finnic-odakForms some verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w- →Every word from Finnish -öä →Every word from Proto-Finnic -odak →
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