Where does “laumahenki” come from?

laumahenki (Finnish) comes from Finnish henki, from Proto-Finnic henki, from Proto-Uralic čeŋke.

Ancestry of “laumahenki”, step by step

laumahenki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish henki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhenkibreath; spirit, ghost; life
2Proto-Finnichenkibreath; soul, life force
3Proto-Uralicčeŋke—

via Finnish lauma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaumaherd; crowd, mob, flock; pod
2Finnish-ttainForms distributive adverbs; Forms adverbs...
3Finnish-ttaen—

Words derived from “laumahenki”

Every word from Proto-Uralic čeŋke →Every word from Proto-Finnic henki →Every word from Finnish henki →