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Where does “äkeä” come from?

äkeä (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ea, from Proto-Finnic -eda, from Proto-Uralic -eta — A generic adjective marker, attached to roots.

äkeä (Finnish): irascible, irked, irritated, sullen

Definitions

  1. irascible, irked, irritated, sullen

Ancestry of “äkeä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-eaA suffix for making adjectives from some nouns...
2Proto-Finnic-edaA generic adjective marker
3Proto-Uralic-etaA generic adjective marker, attached to roots

Words derived from “äkeä”

  • äkeäluontoinen
  • äkeys
  • äkeästi
  • äkeillä
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