Where does “putoamiskorkeus” come from?

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

putoamiskorkeus (Finnish): falling height, height of a fall

Definitions

  1. falling height, height of a fall

Ancestry of “putoamiskorkeus”, step by step

putoamiskorkeus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish putoaminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishputoaminenfalling
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 korkeus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkorkeusheight; altitude
2Proto-Finnickorkeducheight; altitude
3Proto-Finnickorkedatall, high
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma
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