Where does “parem” come from?
parem (Estonian) comes from Finnish parempi, from Proto-Finnic parempa, from Proto-Finnic paras, from Proto-Finno-Permic para — good.
parem (Estonian): comparative degree of hea; better; rather than
Definitions
- comparative degree of hea; better; rather than
Ancestry of “parem”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | parempi | comparative degree of hyvä |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | parempa | better |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | paras | superlative degree of *hüvä |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Permic | para | good |