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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

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

Words derived from “sanoma”

  • sähkösanoma
  • sanomalehtipaperi
  • sanomalehti
  • ilosanoma
  • sähke
  • radiosanoma
  • onnittelusähke
Every word from Uralic *minä →