Where does “pakkonaiminen” come from?

pakkonaiminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish naiminen, from Finnish -minen, from Proto-Finnic -minen, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

pakkonaiminen (Finnish): forced marriage

Definitions

  1. forced marriage

Ancestry of “pakkonaiminen”, step by step

pakkonaiminen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish naiminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishnaiminenGetting married; A marriage, in the expressions...
2Finnish-minenForms verbal nouns from verbs, mostly corresponds...
3Proto-Finnic-minenForms nouns from verbs, indicating the action of...
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma

via Finnish pakko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpakkoobligation, force, necessity, compulsion;...
2Proto-Finnicpakkoblock of wood
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Finnish -minenEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ma