Where does “jalannousu” come from?
jalannousu (Finnish) comes from Finnish jalka, from Proto-Finnic jalka, from Proto-Finno-Ugric jalka.
jalannousu (Finnish): style of walking
Ancestry of “jalannousu”, step by step
jalannousu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish jalka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jalka | foot; leg; the lower limb of a human |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | jalka | leg; foot |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | jalka | — |
via Finnish nousu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nousu | rise; ascent; thread pitch, pitch |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |