Where does “lohkokunta” come from?

lohkokunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish lohko, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

lohkokunta (Finnish): a type of administrative division used for partition of land, larger than jakokunta and usually spanning multiple villages

Definitions

  1. a type of administrative division used for partition of land, larger than jakokunta and usually spanning multiple villages

Ancestry of “lohkokunta”, step by step

lohkokunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lohko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlohkosection; lobe; block, chunk
2Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w—

via Finnish kunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuntamunicipality, commune; local political division;...
2Proto-Finnickuntacommunity; group of people
3Proto-Finno-Ugrickunta—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Finnish -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →