Where does “rotumellakka” come from?
rotumellakka (Finnish) comes from Finnish mellakka, from Finnish -kkä, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
rotumellakka (Finnish): race riot
Ancestry of “rotumellakka”, step by step
rotumellakka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish mellakka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mellakka | riot, tumult |
| 2 | Finnish | -kkä | Front vowel variant of -kka |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish rotu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rotu | breed; race |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | родъ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | rǫdъ | thorny, prickly; curly, locky |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | radás | birth, genus |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wréh₂ds | root |