Where does “lamavuosi” come from?
lamavuosi (Finnish) comes from Finnish vuosi, from Proto-Finnic vooci, from Proto-Finnic oote, from Proto-Uralic ëde — year.
lamavuosi (Finnish): depression year
Ancestry of “lamavuosi”, step by step
lamavuosi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vuosi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vuosi | year |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | vooci | year |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | oote | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | ëde | year |
via Finnish lama
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lama | depression; paralysis, depression; lama |
| 2 | Tibetan | བླ་མ | lama - an accomplished spiritual teacher, guru |
| 3 | Tibetan | མ | mother; goddess; negates the following verb in... |
| 4 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | ma | no, not, negative, not have, none |