Where does “sananlyhennys” come from?

sananlyhennys (Finnish) comes from Finnish sana, from Finnish luokka, from Finnish luokki, from Proto-Slavic lǫkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lankás, from Proto-Indo-European lenk- — to bend.

sananlyhennys (Finnish): shortening a word; using a word form with fewer syllables than the standard form

Definitions

  1. shortening a word; using a word form with fewer syllables than the standard form

Ancestry of “sananlyhennys”, step by step

sananlyhennys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsanaword; Word, Scripture; lesson
2Finnishluokkaclass; class, social class; grade
3Finnishluokkishaft bow
4Proto-Slaviclǫkъbow
5Proto-Balto-Slavic*lankásbow
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlenk-to bend

via Finnish lyhennys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlyhennysshortening; abbreviation; payment
2Finnishlyhentääto shorten; to abbreviate; to reduce or pay back...
3FinnishlyhetäTo shorten, to become shorter
4Finnish-etäFront vowel variant of -eta
5Proto-Finnic-t'akForms verbs from nominal stems, generally with a causative, factitive or instrumental meaning
6Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lenk-Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lankásEvery word from Proto-Slavic lǫkъ