Where does “saasteongelma” come from?

saasteongelma (Finnish) comes from Finnish ongelma, from Finnish -lma, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.

saasteongelma (Finnish): pollution problem

Definitions

  1. pollution problem

Ancestry of “saasteongelma”, step by step

saasteongelma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ongelma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishongelmaproblem, trouble; puzzle
2Finnish-lmaForms nouns, mostly from verbs
3Finnish-ellaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
4Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
5Proto-Uralic-le-—

via Finnish saaste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaastepollution; pollutant
2Finnishsaastafilth
3Proto-Finnicsaasta—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -le- →Every word from Finnish -lma →Every word from Finnish -ella →