Where does “ristiinvalidointi” come from?

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

ristiinvalidointi (Finnish): cross-validation

Definitions

  1. cross-validation

Ancestry of “ristiinvalidointi”, step by step

ristiinvalidointi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish validointi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalidointivalidation
2Finnish-ntiForm action nouns from verbs whose first...
3Finnish-ntaForms nouns that describe an action; "erota...
4Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs

via Finnish ristiin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishristiinacross; criss, in the expression ristiin rastiin;...
Every word from Proto-Finnic -ntaEvery word from Finnish -ntiEvery word from Finnish -nta