Where does “erohakemus” come from?

erohakemus (Finnish) comes from Finnish hakemus, from Finnish -mus, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

Ancestry of “erohakemus”, step by step

erohakemus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hakemus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhakemusapplication
2Finnish-musForms nouns from verbs. Variant of -us used with...
3Finnish-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix...
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma

via Finnish ero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisherodifference, distinction; Short for avioero;...
2Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Proto-Finnic -maEvery word from Finnish -mus
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