Where does “ohjelmalaskuri” come from?
ohjelmalaskuri (Finnish) comes from Finnish ohjelma, from Finnish -lma, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.
ohjelmalaskuri (Finnish): program counter
Ancestry of “ohjelmalaskuri”, step by step
ohjelmalaskuri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ohjelma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ohjelma | program, programme; software, program; show |
| 2 | Finnish | -lma | Forms nouns, mostly from verbs |
| 3 | Finnish | -ella | Forms . The resulting verb often describes a more... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -eldak | Forms frequentative verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -le- | — |
via Finnish laskuri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laskuri | counter |
| 2 | Finnish | laskea | to lower, drop; to put down, set down, lay down;... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | laskedak | to drop, to fall; to release; to let, to allow |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | laćke- | — |