Where does “viihdelukemisto” come from?

viihdelukemisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish lukemisto, from Finnish lukeminen, from Finnish -minen, from Proto-Finnic -minen, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

viihdelukemisto (Finnish): entertaining reading material

Definitions

  1. entertaining reading material

Ancestry of “viihdelukemisto”, step by step

viihdelukemisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lukemisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlukemistoreading material, reading
2Finnishlukeminenreading; Fourth infinitive of lukea
3Finnish-minenForms verbal nouns from verbs, mostly corresponds...
4Proto-Finnic-minenForms nouns from verbs, indicating the action of...
5Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
6Proto-Uralic-ma

via Finnish viihde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviihdeentertainment
2Finnishviihtyäto get on, get along, enjoy; to enjoy oneself; to...
3Proto-Finnicviihtüdäk
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Finnish -minenEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ma