Where does “Tuomioja” come from?
Tuomioja (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuomi, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
Ancestry of “Tuomioja”, step by step
Tuomioja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tuomi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tuomi | bird cherry, hackberry, hagberry "Prunus padus";... |
| 2 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 3 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
via Finnish oja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | oja | ditch, trench; small natural brook |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | oje | thill, shaft |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂oyHsos | — |