Where does “lounainen” come from?

lounainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish lounas, from Proto-Finnic lounas.

lounainen (Finnish): southwestern, southwesterly

Definitions

  1. southwestern, southwesterly

Ancestry of “lounainen”, step by step

lounainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lounas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlounassouthwest; lunch
2Proto-Finniclounas

via Finnish inen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinen

Words derived from “lounainen

Every word from Proto-Finnic lounasEvery word from Finnish lounas
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