Where does “hyötyohjelma” come from?
hyötyohjelma (Finnish) comes from Finnish ohjelma, from Finnish -lma, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.
hyötyohjelma (Finnish): utility software, utility program
Definitions
- utility software, utility program
Ancestry of “hyötyohjelma”, step by step
hyötyohjelma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ohjelma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ohjelma | program, programme; software, program; show |
| 2 | Finnish | -lma | Forms nouns, mostly from verbs |
| 3 | Finnish | -ella | Forms . The resulting verb often describes a more... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -eldak | Forms frequentative verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -le- | — |
via Finnish hyöty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hyöty | benefit, gain, advantage; utility |
| 2 | Finnish | hyötää | to force; to grow, to prosper |
| 3 | Finnish | hyvä | good; desirable, advisable |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | *hüvä | — |