Where does “pettyminen” come from?

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

Ancestry of “pettyminen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-minenForms verbal nouns from verbs, mostly corresponds...
2Proto-Finnic-minenForms nouns from verbs, indicating the action of...
3Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
4Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -minen →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ma →
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