Where does “kehitysmaaliike” come from?

kehitysmaaliike (Finnish) comes from Finnish kehitysmaa, from Finnish kehitys, from Finnish kehittää, from Finnish kehitä, from Finnish -itä, from Proto-Finnic -it'ak — Forms verbs.

kehitysmaaliike (Finnish): development movement loose umbrella term that covers a range of primarily NGO-run activities that aim to promote the development of the underdeveloped areas of the World

Definitions

  1. development movement loose umbrella term that covers a range of primarily NGO-run activities that aim to promote the development of the underdeveloped areas of the World

Ancestry of “kehitysmaaliike”, step by step

kehitysmaaliike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kehitysmaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkehitysmaadeveloping country
2Finnishkehitysdevelopment, improvement, advancement, evolution
3Finnishkehittääto unravel, unwind; to develop, advance, improve;...
4Finnishkehitä
5Finnish-itäFront vowel variant of -ita
6Proto-Finnic-it'akForms verbs

via Finnish liike

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliikemotion; movement; shop, business
2Finnishliikkuato move, stir; to travel, go; to exercise
3Proto-Finniclikudakmove
4Proto-Uraliclikke-
Every word from Proto-Finnic -it'akEvery word from Finnish -itäEvery word from Finnish kehitä
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