Where does “hankalatöinen” come from?

hankalatöinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish hankala, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

hankalatöinen (Finnish): cumbersome, demanding, difficult, arduous

Definitions

  1. cumbersome, demanding, difficult, arduous

Ancestry of “hankalatöinen”, step by step

hankalatöinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hankala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhankaladifficult, challenging; cumbersome, troublesome,...
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish työ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyöwork; job; you
2Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
3Proto-Finnictekyou
4Proto-Uralicteyou
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →