Where does “soitto-opinnot” come from?

soitto-opinnot (Finnish) comes from Finnish opinnot, from Finnish -ntö, from Finnish -mö, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

soitto-opinnot (Finnish): music studies; music lessons, instrument lessons

Definitions

  1. music studies; music lessons, instrument lessons

Ancestry of “soitto-opinnot”, step by step

soitto-opinnot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish opinnot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishopinnotstudies
2Finnish-ntö
3Finnish-möFront vowel variant of -mo
4Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
5Proto-Uralic-joblique plural

via Finnish soitto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsoittomusic; playing; call, telephone call; ring; bell
2Finnishsoittaato play; to phone, call; to ring, toll
3Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-
Every word from Proto-Uralic -jEvery word from Finnish -iEvery word from Finnish -ntö