Where does “ongelma-avaruus” come from?
ongelma-avaruus (Finnish) comes from Finnish ongelma, from Finnish -lma, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.
ongelma-avaruus (Finnish): problem space
Ancestry of “ongelma-avaruus”, step by step
ongelma-avaruus 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 avaruus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | avaruus | space; spaciousness; expanse |
| 2 | Finnish | avara | spacious, roomy |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | avara | ample, spacious |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ra | Forms diminutive nouns |