Where does “alajakso” come from?

alajakso (Finnish) comes from Finnish jakso, from Finnish jaksaa, from Proto-Finnic jaksadak, from Proto-Finno-Permic jaksa-.

alajakso (Finnish): subphylum

Definitions

  1. subphylum

Ancestry of “alajakso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjaksoperiod; episode; passage
2Finnishjaksaato manage, to have enough strength; to manage, to...
3Proto-Finnicjaksadakto manage, to be able to
4Proto-Finno-Permicjaksa-—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic jaksa- →Every word from Proto-Finnic jaksadak →Every word from Finnish jaksaa →