Where does “tasajakauma” come from?

tasajakauma (Finnish) comes from Finnish jakauma, from Finnish -uma, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

tasajakauma (Finnish): uniform distribution

Definitions

  1. uniform distribution

Ancestry of “tasajakauma”, step by step

tasajakauma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jakauma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjakaumadistribution
2Finnish-umaVariant of -ma; forms passive action/result nouns...
3Finnish-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix...
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma

via Finnish tasa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtasaof equal height; of the same level
2Proto-Finnictasaeven
3Proto-Uralictaśaeven
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Proto-Finnic -maEvery word from Finnish -uma