Where does “syntymähetki” come from?

syntymähetki (Finnish) comes from Finnish syntymä, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

syntymähetki (Finnish): the moment at which someone was born

Definitions

  1. the moment at which someone was born

Ancestry of “syntymähetki”, step by step

syntymähetki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish syntymä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsyntymäbirth
2Finnish-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix...
3Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish hetki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhetkimoment; moment, minute
2Proto-Finnichetkimoment
3Proto-Uralicčäčke—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ma →Every word from Finnish -ma →