Where does “koukistuma” come from?

koukistuma (Finnish) comes from Finnish -uma, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

koukistuma (Finnish): bend, crook of an arm, a leg, etc

Definitions

  1. bend, crook of an arm, a leg, etc

Ancestry of “koukistuma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-umaVariant of -ma; forms passive action/result nouns...
2Finnish-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix...
3Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
4Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ma →Every word from Finnish -uma →