Where does “luottamusalue” come from?

luottamusalue (Finnish) comes from Finnish luottamus, from Finnish -mus, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

luottamusalue (Finnish): trust region

Definitions

  1. trust region

Ancestry of “luottamusalue”, step by step

luottamusalue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish luottamus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishluottamustrust; confidence
2Finnish-musForms nouns from verbs. Variant of -us used with...
3Finnish-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix...
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma

via Finnish alue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaluearea; region; oblast
2Proto-Austronesianqaluʀto flow
3Proto-Austronesian-luʀ
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Proto-Finnic -maEvery word from Finnish -mus
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