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Where does “ongelmallisuus” come from?

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

ongelmallisuus (Finnish): The quality of being problematic

Definitions

  1. The quality of being problematic

Ancestry of “ongelmallisuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishongelmallinenproblematic
2Finnishongelmaproblem, trouble; puzzle
3Finnish-lmaForms nouns, mostly from verbs
4Finnish-ellaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
5Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
6Proto-Uralic-le-—
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