Where does “miniäkokelas” come from?

miniäkokelas (Finnish) comes from Finnish kokelas, from Finnish -las, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

miniäkokelas (Finnish): "daughter-in-law candidate"; the girlfriend (and potential future wife) of one's son or daughter

Definitions

  1. "daughter-in-law candidate"; the girlfriend (and potential future wife) of one's son or daughter

Ancestry of “miniäkokelas”, step by step

miniäkokelas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kokelas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkokelascandidate; cadet; prospect
2Finnish-lasForms nouns used to describe people; Forms...
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish miniä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishminiädaughter-in-law; Partitive plural form of minä;...
2Proto-Finnicminijädaughter-in-law
3Proto-Uralicmińädaughter-in-law
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -las →