Where does “sankaripalvonta” come from?

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

sankaripalvonta (Finnish): hero worship

Definitions

  1. hero worship

Ancestry of “sankaripalvonta”, step by step

sankaripalvonta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish palvonta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalvontaworship, praise, -latry
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs

via Finnish sankari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsankarihero, heroine; great capricorn beetle
2Old Swedishsangaresinger
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -ntä →Every word from Finnish palvonta →