Where does “monikkolapsi” come from?

monikkolapsi (Finnish) comes from Finnish monikko, from Finnish -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -i- — Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive).

monikkolapsi (Finnish): one of the children born from a multiple pregnancy

Definitions

  1. one of the children born from a multiple pregnancy

Ancestry of “monikkolapsi”, step by step

monikkolapsi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish monikko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmonikkoplural; tuple
2Finnish-ikkoForms nouns for groups of a particular number,...
3Proto-Finnic-ikkoForms nouns indicating a group of things
4Proto-Finnic-i-Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive)

via Finnish lapsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlapsichild
2Proto-Finniclapcichild
3Proto-Uraliclëpćecradle
Every word from Proto-Finnic -i- →Every word from Finnish -ikko →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ikko →