Where does “silvonta” come from?

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

silvonta (Finnish): mutilation, dismemberment

Definitions

  1. mutilation, dismemberment

Ancestry of “silvonta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
2Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -ntä →
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