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Where does “antihiukkanen” come from?

antihiukkanen (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiukkanen, from Finnish -nen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

antihiukkanen (Finnish): antiparticle

Definitions

  1. antiparticle

Ancestry of “antihiukkanen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiukkanenparticle; particle, corpuscle
2Finnish-nenForms diminutives nouns or terms expressing...
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
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