Where does “armonlaukaus” come from?
armonlaukaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish laukaus, from Finnish -aus, from Finnish -ähtää, from Proto-Finnic -ahtadak, from Proto-Uralic -ašta-.
armonlaukaus (Finnish): coup de grâce
Ancestry of “armonlaukaus”, step by step
armonlaukaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish laukaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laukaus | gunshot; shot |
| 2 | Finnish | -aus | — |
| 3 | Finnish | -ähtää | Front vowel variant of -ahtaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ahtadak | Forms momentane verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ašta- | — |
via Finnish armo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | armo | grace; mercy |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | armo | mercy, pity; love |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | armaz | arm; poor, miserable; pitiful, pitiable |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ermos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |