Where does “kielenkääntäminen” come from?

kielenkääntäminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kääntäminen, from Finnish -minen, from Proto-Finnic -minen, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

kielenkääntäminen (Finnish): language translation

Definitions

  1. language translation

Ancestry of “kielenkääntäminen”, step by step

kielenkääntäminen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kääntäminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkääntäminenTranslating; Fourth infinitive of kääntää
2Finnish-minenForms verbal nouns from verbs, mostly corresponds...
3Proto-Finnic-minenForms nouns from verbs, indicating the action of...
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma

via Finnish kieli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkielitongue; language; string
2Proto-Finnickeelitongue; language
3Proto-Uralickäletongue; language
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Finnish -minenEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ma