Where does “kotihakemisto” come from?

kotihakemisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish hakemisto, from Finnish hakeminen, from Finnish -minen, from Proto-Finnic -minen, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

kotihakemisto (Finnish): home directory

Definitions

  1. home directory

Ancestry of “kotihakemisto”, step by step

kotihakemisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hakemisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhakemistodirectory; index; map, associative array
2Finnishhakeminen
3Finnish-minenForms verbal nouns from verbs, mostly corresponds...
4Proto-Finnic-minenForms nouns from verbs, indicating the action of...
5Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
6Proto-Uralic-ma

via Finnish koti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkotihome
2Proto-Finnickoteihome
3Proto-Finnickotatent, hut
4Proto-Finno-Ugrickotatent, hut, house
5Proto-Uralickotahut, tent, tepee
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Finnish -minenEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ma