Where does “ainutkertainen” come from?
ainutkertainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish -kertainen, from Finnish kerta, from Proto-Finnic kerta, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- — to travel, tour.
ainutkertainen (Finnish): one-shot, unique
Definitions
- one-shot, unique
Ancestry of “ainutkertainen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | -kertainen | -tuple, -fold, "X times as big/many as", or... |
| 2 | Finnish | kerta | time, occasion; time; times; also once, when the... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kerta | time |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | to travel, tour |