Where does “hakemistopuu” come from?

hakemistopuu (Finnish) comes from Finnish hakemisto, from Finnish hakeminen, from Finnish -minen, from Proto-Finnic -minen, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

hakemistopuu (Finnish): directory tree

Definitions

  1. directory tree

Ancestry of “hakemistopuu”, step by step

hakemistopuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hakemisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhakemistodirectory; index; map, associative array
2Finnishhakeminen
3Finnish-minenForms verbal nouns from verbs, mostly corresponds...
4Proto-Finnic-minenForms nouns from verbs, indicating the action of...
5Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
6Proto-Uralic-ma

via Finnish puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Finnish -minenEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ma