Where does “vetäytymistaistelu” come from?

vetäytymistaistelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish vetäytyminen, from Finnish -minen, from Proto-Finnic -minen, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

vetäytymistaistelu (Finnish): fighting while retreating, delaying action

Definitions

  1. fighting while retreating, delaying action

Ancestry of “vetäytymistaistelu”, step by step

vetäytymistaistelu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vetäytyminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvetäytyminen
2Finnish-minenForms verbal nouns from verbs, mostly corresponds...
3Proto-Finnic-minenForms nouns from verbs, indicating the action of...
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma

via Finnish taistelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaistelufight; struggle; battle
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Finnish -minenEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ma