Where does “ohjelmakirja” come from?

ohjelmakirja (Finnish) comes from Finnish ohjelma, from Finnish -lma, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.

ohjelmakirja (Finnish): program book

Definitions

  1. program book

Ancestry of “ohjelmakirja”, step by step

ohjelmakirja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ohjelma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishohjelmaprogram, programme; software, program; show
2Finnish-lmaForms nouns, mostly from verbs
3Finnish-ellaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
4Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
5Proto-Uralic-le-—

via Finnish kirja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjabook; quire
2Proto-Finnickirjadecoration, carving, pattern
Every word from Proto-Uralic -le- →Every word from Finnish -lma →Every word from Finnish ohjelma →