Where does “yhteensulautuma” come from?
yhteensulautuma (Finnish) comes from Finnish sulautuma, from Finnish mä, from Finnish minä, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.
Ancestry of “yhteensulautuma”, step by step
yhteensulautuma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sulautuma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sulautuma | portmanteau, portmanteau word; merger |
| 2 | Finnish | mä | I |
| 3 | Finnish | minä | I; ego; self |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | minä | I, me |
| 5 | Uralic | *minä | — |
via Finnish yhteen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | yhteen | Illative singular form of yksi; together |