Where does “lainahakemus” come from?
lainahakemus (Finnish) comes from Finnish hakemus, from Finnish -mus, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
lainahakemus (Finnish): loan application
Ancestry of “lainahakemus”, step by step
lainahakemus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish hakemus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hakemus | application |
| 2 | Finnish | -mus | Forms nouns from verbs. Variant of -us used with... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
via Finnish Laina
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Laina | loan |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | laihna | loan |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | laihną | that which is lent, loan; fief |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | leykʷ- | to leave |