Where does “ongelma” come from?

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

ongelma (Finnish): problem, trouble; puzzle

Definitions

  1. problem, trouble; puzzle

Ancestry of “ongelma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-lmaForms nouns, mostly from verbs
2Finnish-ellaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
3Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
4Proto-Uralic-le-

Words derived from “ongelma

Every word from Proto-Uralic -le-