Where does “ongelma-alue” come from?
ongelma-alue (Finnish) comes from Finnish ongelma, from Finnish -lma, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.
ongelma-alue (Finnish): problem area
Ancestry of “ongelma-alue”, step by step
ongelma-alue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ongelma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ongelma | problem, trouble; puzzle |
| 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 alue
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | alue | area; region; oblast |
| 2 | Proto-Austronesian | qaluʀ | to flow |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | -luʀ | — |