Where does “hajoamisketju” come from?

hajoamisketju (Finnish) comes from Finnish hajoaminen, from Finnish -minen, from Proto-Finnic -minen, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

Ancestry of “hajoamisketju”, step by step

hajoamisketju traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hajoaminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhajoaminendecomposition; fission, spallation, radioactive...
2Finnish-minenForms verbal nouns from verbs, mostly corresponds...
3Proto-Finnic-minenForms nouns from verbs, indicating the action of...
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma

via Finnish ketju

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishketjuchain; necklace; line
2Swedishkedjachain; chain; a series of interconnected things;...
3Latincatēnachain
4Proto-Indo-Europeankat-cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Finnish -minenEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ma