Where does “luottamusasema” come from?

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

luottamusasema (Finnish): position of trust

Definitions

  1. position of trust

Ancestry of “luottamusasema”, step by step

luottamusasema 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 asema

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishasemastate, position, situation; status; station
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Proto-Finnic -maEvery word from Finnish -mus