Where does “moninaisuus” come from?

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

moninaisuus (Finnish): diversity, manifoldness

Definitions

  1. diversity, manifoldness

Ancestry of “moninaisuus”, step by step

moninaisuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish moninainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmoninainendiverse, manifold
2Finnishmonimany; few, quite a few; many people, many
3Proto-Finnicmonimany
4Proto-Finno-Permicmone—

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic mone →Every word from Proto-Finnic moni →Every word from Finnish moni →