Where does “taruolento” come from?

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

taruolento (Finnish): mythical creature

Definitions

  1. mythical creature

Ancestry of “taruolento”, step by step

taruolento traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish olento

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

via Finnish taru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaruepic, saga; fiction, false; legend, myth
2DanishDagmar—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →Every word from Finnish -i →Every word from Finnish -ntö →