Where does “painauma” come from?

painauma (Finnish) comes from Finnish -uma, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

painauma (Finnish): depression e.g. in terrain

Definitions

  1. depression e.g. in terrain

Ancestry of “painauma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-umaVariant of -ma; forms passive action/result nouns...
2Finnish-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix...
3Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
4Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ma →Every word from Finnish -uma →