Where does “ohjelmakirjasto” come from?

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

ohjelmakirjasto (Finnish): software library, program library

Definitions

  1. software library, program library

Ancestry of “ohjelmakirjasto”, step by step

ohjelmakirjasto 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 kirjasto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjastolibrary; public library
2Finnishkirjabook; quire
3Proto-Finnickirjadecoration, carving, pattern
Every word from Proto-Uralic -le- →Every word from Finnish -lma →Every word from Finnish ohjelma →