Where does “tapaturmantorjunta” come from?
tapaturmantorjunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish tapaturma, from Finnish tapa, from Proto-Finnic tapa — way, custom; nature.
tapaturmantorjunta (Finnish): accident prevention
Ancestry of “tapaturmantorjunta”, step by step
tapaturmantorjunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tapaturma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tapaturma | accident, particularly one resulting in injury or... |
| 2 | Finnish | tapa | custom; habit; manner |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | tapa | way, custom; nature |
via Finnish torjunta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | torjunta | prevention; foiling of an attack; prevention,... |
| 2 | Finnish | -ntä | Front vowel variant of -nta; API |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -nta | Forms action nouns from verbs |