Where does “kantaohjelmisto” come from?
kantaohjelmisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish ohjelmisto, from Finnish ohjelma, from Finnish -lma, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.
kantaohjelmisto (Finnish): base software
Definitions
- base software
Ancestry of “kantaohjelmisto”, step by step
kantaohjelmisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ohjelmisto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ohjelmisto | software; repertoire |
| 2 | Finnish | ohjelma | program, programme; software, program; show |
| 3 | Finnish | -lma | Forms nouns, mostly from verbs |
| 4 | Finnish | -ella | Forms . The resulting verb often describes a more... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -eldak | Forms frequentative verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -le- | — |