Where does “alunaliuske” come from?

alunaliuske (Finnish) comes from Finnish aluna, from Swedish alun, from Latin alūmen, from English -ium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

alunaliuske (Finnish): alum shale

Definitions

  1. alum shale

Ancestry of “alunaliuske”, step by step

alunaliuske traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish aluna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalunaalum
2Swedishalunalum
3Latinalūmenalum
4English-ium1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft...
5Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
6Proto-Italic*-om—
7Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—

via Finnish liuske

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliuskeschist, slate; flagstone
2FinnisheE note
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →Every word from English -ium →Every word from Latin alūmen →