Where does “hankalakulkuinen” come from?
hankalakulkuinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish hankala, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
hankalakulkuinen (Finnish): difficult to traverse
Ancestry of “hankalakulkuinen”, step by step
hankalakulkuinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish hankala
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hankala | difficult, challenging; cumbersome, troublesome,... |
| 2 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 3 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
via Finnish kulku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kulku | motion, journey; course, path; strike |
| 2 | Finnish | kulkea | To go, walk; to travel; To advance, proceed, make... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kulkedak | to go; to travel |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | kulke- | to go, to walk |