Where does “taontataide” come from?
taontataide (Finnish) comes from Finnish taide, from Finnish taitaa, from Proto-Finnic taitadak, from Proto-Finnic taje-.
taontataide (Finnish): forged metal art
Ancestry of “taontataide”, step by step
taontataide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish taide
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | taide | art |
| 2 | Finnish | taitaa | to know, master, command, have a command of, have... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | taitadak | to know |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | taje- | — |
via Finnish taonta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | taonta | forging; hammering, beating |
| 2 | Finnish | -ntä | Front vowel variant of -nta; API |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -nta | Forms action nouns from verbs |