Where does “ongelmaiho” come from?
ongelmaiho (Finnish) comes from Finnish ongelma, from Finnish -lma, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.
ongelmaiho (Finnish): problem skin
Ancestry of “ongelmaiho”, step by step
ongelmaiho 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 iho
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | iho | skin of a human being; skin of a human being or... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | iho | skin; body |