Where does “ansiottomuus” come from?

ansiottomuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish ansioton, from Finnish ansio, from Finnish ansa, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ansa.

ansiottomuus (Finnish): meritlessness

Definitions

  1. meritlessness

Ancestry of “ansiottomuus”, step by step

ansiottomuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ansioton

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishansiotonundeserving; meritless
2Finnishansiomerit; income; virtue
3Finnishansatrap; booby trap
4Proto-Finno-Ugric*ansa—

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ansa →Every word from Finnish ansa →Every word from Finnish ansio →