Where does “lohkeamissuunta” come from?

lohkeamissuunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish lohkeaminen, from Finnish -minen, from Proto-Finnic -minen, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

lohkeamissuunta (Finnish): cleavage direction

Definitions

  1. cleavage direction

Ancestry of “lohkeamissuunta”, step by step

lohkeamissuunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lohkeaminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlohkeaminen
2Finnish-minenForms verbal nouns from verbs, mostly corresponds...
3Proto-Finnic-minenForms nouns from verbs, indicating the action of...
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma

via Finnish suunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuuntadirection; hand; path
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Finnish -minenEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ma