Where does “kiristysohjelma” come from?
kiristysohjelma (Finnish) comes from Finnish ohjelma, from Finnish -lma, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.
kiristysohjelma (Finnish): ransomware
Ancestry of “kiristysohjelma”, step by step
kiristysohjelma 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 kiristys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kiristys | tightening; blackmail, extortion |
| 2 | Finnish | kiristää | to tighten; to extort, blackmail; to gnash, grind |
| 3 | Finnish | kireä | tight, taut; tense |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | kiredä | hard, stiff |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Permic | kirɜ | — |