Where does “nimihakemisto” come from?

nimihakemisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish hakemisto, from Finnish hakeminen, from Finnish -minen, from Proto-Finnic -minen, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

nimihakemisto (Finnish): name directory

Definitions

  1. name directory

Ancestry of “nimihakemisto”, step by step

nimihakemisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hakemisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhakemistodirectory; index; map, associative array
2Finnishhakeminen
3Finnish-minenForms verbal nouns from verbs, mostly corresponds...
4Proto-Finnic-minenForms nouns from verbs, indicating the action of...
5Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
6Proto-Uralic-ma

via Finnish nimi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishniminame
2Finnish-iäiset
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Finnish -minenEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ma
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