Where does “ongelmanuori” come from?
ongelmanuori (Finnish) comes from Finnish ongelma, from Finnish -lma, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.
ongelmanuori (Finnish): problem youth
Ancestry of “ongelmanuori”, step by step
ongelmanuori 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 nuori
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nuori | young; a young person; youth |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | noori | young |