Where does “sanoma” come from?

sanoma (Finnish) comes from Finnish mä, from Finnish minä, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.

sanoma (Finnish): A message, communication; Agent participle of...

Definitions

  1. A message, communication; Agent participle of...

Ancestry of “sanoma”, step by step

sanoma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmäI
2FinnishminäI; ego; self
3Proto-FinnicminäI, me
4Uralic*minä—

via Finnish sanoa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsanoato say, tell; to call

Words derived from “sanoma”

Every word from Uralic *minä →Every word from Proto-Finnic minä →Every word from Finnish minä →