Where does “avuttomuuslisä” come from?

avuttomuuslisä (Finnish) comes from Finnish avuttomuus, from Finnish avuton, from Finnish apu, from Proto-Finnic apu — Alternative form of *api.

avuttomuuslisä (Finnish): helplessness supplement

Definitions

  1. helplessness supplement

Ancestry of “avuttomuuslisä”, step by step

avuttomuuslisä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish avuttomuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishavuttomuusinability, incapacity, ineptitude
2Finnishavutonhelpless
3Finnishapuhelp; assistance; helping hand
4Proto-FinnicapuAlternative form of *api

via Finnish lisä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlisäaddition, increase, supplement
2Proto-Finniclisäaddition, increase
3Proto-Finno-Permiclisä—
Every word from Proto-Finnic apu →Every word from Finnish apu →Every word from Finnish avuton →