Where does “rintamalohko” come from?
rintamalohko (Finnish) comes from Finnish lohko, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.
rintamalohko (Finnish): troops assigned to a section of a battlefront
Definitions
- troops assigned to a section of a battlefront
Ancestry of “rintamalohko”, step by step
rintamalohko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lohko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lohko | section; lobe; block, chunk |
| 2 | Finnish | -o | Forms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -o | Forms action/result nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |
via Finnish rintama
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rintama | front, battlefront; front; theater |
| 2 | Finnish | rinta | breast; chest, especially the front side of it |
| 3 | Finnish | -mä | Front vowel variant of -ma |