Where does “monimutkainen” come from?

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

monimutkainen (Finnish): complex, complicated

Definitions

  1. complex, complicated

Ancestry of “monimutkainen”, step by step

monimutkainen 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 mutka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmutkabend, curve, corner; elbow; bight
2Proto-Finnicmutkabend, curve
3Proto-Uralicmučka—

Words derived from “monimutkainen”

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