Where does “ongelmajuoja” come from?
ongelmajuoja (Finnish) comes from Finnish ongelma, from Finnish -lma, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.
ongelmajuoja (Finnish): problem drinker
Ancestry of “ongelmajuoja”, step by step
ongelmajuoja 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 juoja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | juoja | drinker one who drinks |
| 2 | Finnish | juoda | to drink |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | joodak | to drink |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | jëxe- | to drink; to flow? |