Where does “henkilöhakemisto” come from?

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

henkilöhakemisto (Finnish): directory or index of people

Definitions

  1. directory or index of people

Ancestry of “henkilöhakemisto”, step by step

henkilöhakemisto 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 henkilö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhenkilöperson; figure
2Finnishhenkibreath; spirit, ghost; life
3Proto-Finnichenkibreath; soul, life force
4Proto-Uralicčeŋke
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Finnish -minenEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ma