Where does “valanvannonta” come from?

valanvannonta (Finnish) comes from Finnish vala, from Proto-Finnic vala, from Proto-Uralic wala — song?; word?.

valanvannonta (Finnish): oath-taking, oathtaking, swearing an oath action of making an oath

Definitions

  1. oath-taking, oathtaking, swearing an oath action of making an oath

Ancestry of “valanvannonta”, step by step

valanvannonta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalaoath; Indicative present connegative form of...
2Proto-Finnicvalaoath
3Proto-Uralicwalasong?; word?

via Finnish vannonta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvannontaswearing, taking an oath, vowing
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Uralic wala →Every word from Proto-Finnic vala →Every word from Finnish vala →