Where does “kohdeala” come from?
kohdeala (Finnish) comes from Finnish kohde, from Finnish kohdata, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.
kohdeala (Finnish): target sector, target area, focus area
Definitions
- target sector, target area, focus area
Ancestry of “kohdeala”, step by step
kohdeala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kohde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kohde | target; bogey; attraction, sight |
| 2 | Finnish | kohdata | to meet with, encounter; to undergo, experience,... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ta | A suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ta | Partitive ending |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -tä | from |
via Finnish älä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | älä | The second-person singular form of the negative... |
| 2 | Finnish | ala- | under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | ala | lower; under |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | ëla | below |