Where does “syönnösvahinko” come from?

syönnösvahinko (Finnish) comes from Finnish syönnös, from Finnish -nnos, from Finnish -ntö, from Finnish -mö, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

syönnösvahinko (Finnish): damage caused by an animal eating something

Definitions

  1. damage caused by an animal eating something

Ancestry of “syönnösvahinko”, step by step

syönnösvahinko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish syönnös

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsyönnösscraps or leavings of food, particularly those left over by animals
2Finnish-nnosForms nouns
3Finnish-ntö—
4Finnish-möFront vowel variant of -mo
5Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
6Proto-Uralic-joblique plural

via Finnish vahinko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvahinkomishap; accident; damage
2Proto-Finnicvahinkomishap, accident
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →Every word from Finnish -i →Every word from Finnish -ntö →
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