Where does “ydinase” come from?

ydinase (Finnish) comes from Finnish ase, from Proto-Finnic asek, from Proto-Finnic -ek, from Proto-Uralic -ek — Forms instrument nouns from verbs; Forms result...

ydinase (Finnish): nuclear weapon

Definitions

  1. nuclear weapon

Ancestry of “ydinase”, step by step

ydinase traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ase

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaseweapon; gun; tool, utensil
2Proto-Finnicasekweapon
3Proto-Finnic-ekForms instrument nouns from verbs; Forms result...
4Proto-Uralic-ekForms instrument nouns from verbs; Forms result...

via Finnish ydin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishydincore, kernel, the central part of something;...
2FriulianUdinUdine
3Arabicالدِّين

Words derived from “ydinase

Every word from Proto-Uralic -ekEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ekEvery word from Proto-Finnic asek