Where does “selätön” come from?

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

selätön (Finnish): backless, with no back

Definitions

  1. backless, with no back

Ancestry of “selätön”, 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 →