Where does “varusohjelma” come from?
varusohjelma (Finnish) comes from Finnish ohjelma, from Finnish -lma, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.
varusohjelma (Finnish): any piece of software bundled with hardware to make it operational, such as BIOS or the operating system
Definitions
- any piece of software bundled with hardware to make it operational, such as BIOS or the operating system
Ancestry of “varusohjelma”, step by step
varusohjelma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ohjelma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ohjelma | program, programme; software, program; show |
| 2 | Finnish | -lma | Forms nouns, mostly from verbs |
| 3 | Finnish | -ella | Forms . The resulting verb often describes a more... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -eldak | Forms frequentative verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -le- | — |
via Finnish varus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | varus | equipment, armament, accessory; armed |
| 2 | Finnish | vara | reserve, backup; resources, reserves, funds,... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | warō | attention, care |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |