Where does “sävytön” come from?

sävytön (Finnish) comes from Finnish -tön, from Proto-Finnic -t'oin, from Proto-Uralic -ktama.

sävytön (Finnish): toneless lacking tone of expression

Definitions

  1. toneless lacking tone of expression

Ancestry of “sävytön”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-tönFront vowel variant of -ton
2Proto-Finnic-t'oin-less
3Proto-Uralic-ktama—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ktama →Every word from Finnish -tön →Every word from Proto-Finnic -t'oin →