Where does “monikiteinen” come from?

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

monikiteinen (Finnish): polycrystalline

Definitions

  1. polycrystalline

Ancestry of “monikiteinen”, step by step

monikiteinen 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 kide

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkidecrystal
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic mone →Every word from Proto-Finnic moni →Every word from Finnish moni →