Where does “-kertainen” come from?

-kertainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kerta, from Proto-Finnic kerta, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- — to travel, tour.

-kertainen (Finnish): -tuple, -fold, "X times as big/many as", or...

Definitions

  1. -tuple, -fold, "X times as big/many as", or...

Ancestry of “-kertainen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkertatime, occasion; time; times; also once, when the...
2Proto-Finnickertatime
3Proto-Indo-Europeankert-times; to weave, twist together; time
4Proto-Turkic*keŕ-to travel, tour

Words derived from “-kertainen

Every word from Proto-Turkic *keŕ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kert-Every word from Proto-Finnic kerta