Where does “sanontatapa” come from?

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

sanontatapa (Finnish): locution, figure of speech, way of speaking

Definitions

  1. locution, figure of speech, way of speaking

Ancestry of “sanontatapa”, step by step

sanontatapa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sanonta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsanontasaying, apothegm, adage
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs

via Finnish tapa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtapacustom; habit; manner
2Proto-Finnictapaway, custom; nature
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -ntä →Every word from Finnish sanonta →