Where does “ajoittaisesti” come from?
ajoittaisesti (Finnish) comes from Finnish ajoittainen, from Finnish ajoittain, from Finnish -ttain, from Finnish -ttaen.
Ancestry of “ajoittaisesti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ajoittainen | intermittent |
| 2 | Finnish | ajoittain | Once in a while, from time to time, at times,... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttain | Forms distributive adverbs; Forms adverbs... |
| 4 | Finnish | -ttaen | — |