Where does “monijäseninen” come from?

monijäseninen (Finnish) comes from Finnish moni, from Proto-Finnic moni, from Proto-Finno-Permic mone.

monijäseninen (Finnish): multimember, multi-member, multiple-member consisting of two or more members

Definitions

  1. multimember, multi-member, multiple-member consisting of two or more members

Ancestry of “monijäseninen”, step by step

monijäseninen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish moni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmonimany; few, quite a few; many people, many
2Proto-Finnicmonimany
3Proto-Finno-Permicmone—

via Finnish jäseninen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäseninen-member; -limbed
2Finnishjäsenlimb, member; member; Synonym of termi
3Proto-Finno-Permicjäsene—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic mone →Every word from Proto-Finnic moni →Every word from Finnish moni →