Where does “koostumussuhde” come from?

koostumussuhde (Finnish) comes from Finnish koostumus, from Finnish -mus, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

koostumussuhde (Finnish): composition ratio

Definitions

  1. composition ratio

Ancestry of “koostumussuhde”, step by step

koostumussuhde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish koostumus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkoostumuscomposition, constitution; texture
2Finnish-musForms nouns from verbs. Variant of -us used with...
3Finnish-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix...
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma

via Finnish suhde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuhdeproportion, ratio; relationship, affair; attitude
2Finnishsuhtaratio, proportion
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Proto-Finnic -maEvery word from Finnish -mus