Where does “alkoholiongelma” come from?

alkoholiongelma (Finnish) comes from Finnish ongelma, from Finnish -lma, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.

alkoholiongelma (Finnish): drinking problem

Definitions

  1. drinking problem

Ancestry of “alkoholiongelma”, step by step

alkoholiongelma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ongelma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishongelmaproblem, trouble; puzzle
2Finnish-lmaForms nouns, mostly from verbs
3Finnish-ellaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
4Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
5Proto-Uralic-le-—

via Finnish alkoholi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalkoholialcohol; alcoholic

Words derived from “alkoholiongelma”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -le- →Every word from Finnish -lma →Every word from Finnish -ella →