Where does “lastenneuvola” come from?

lastenneuvola (Finnish) comes from Finnish neuvola, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

lastenneuvola (Finnish): child health clinic, child welfare clinic

Definitions

  1. child health clinic, child welfare clinic

Ancestry of “lastenneuvola”, step by step

lastenneuvola traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish neuvola

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishneuvolachild health clinic
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish lapsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlapsichild
2Proto-Finniclapcichild
3Proto-Uraliclëpćecradle
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →