Where does “lohkosuunta” come from?

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

lohkosuunta (Finnish): direction of cleavage, cleavage direction

Definitions

  1. direction of cleavage, cleavage direction

Ancestry of “lohkosuunta”, step by step

lohkosuunta 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 suunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuuntadirection; hand; path
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Finnish -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →