Where does “muistiavaruus” come from?
muistiavaruus (Finnish) comes from Finnish avaruus, from Finnish avara, from Proto-Finnic avara, from Proto-Finnic -ra — Forms diminutive nouns.
muistiavaruus (Finnish): memory space
Ancestry of “muistiavaruus”, step by step
muistiavaruus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish avaruus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | avaruus | space; spaciousness; expanse |
| 2 | Finnish | avara | spacious, roomy |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | avara | ample, spacious |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ra | Forms diminutive nouns |
via Finnish muisti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | muisti | memory; Third-person singular past form of... |
| 2 | Finnish | muistaa | to remember, recall, recollect; Third-person... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | muistadak | to understand |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | muja- | to touch, feel |