Where does “turvattomuus” come from?

turvattomuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish turvaton, from Finnish -tön, from Proto-Finnic -t'oin, from Proto-Uralic -ktama.

turvattomuus (Finnish): insecurity

Definitions

  1. insecurity

Ancestry of “turvattomuus”, step by step

turvattomuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish turvaton

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishturvatoninsecure; unsafe
2Finnish-tönFront vowel variant of -ton
3Proto-Finnic-t'oin-less
4Proto-Uralic-ktama—

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ktama →Every word from Finnish -tön →Every word from Proto-Finnic -t'oin →