Where does “edestakainen” come from?
edestakainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish edestakaisin, from Finnish takaisin, from Finnish -isin, from Hungarian isi, from Hungarian -i, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
edestakainen (Finnish): to and fro
Definitions
- to and fro
Ancestry of “edestakainen”, step by step
edestakainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish edestakaisin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | edestakaisin | back and forth, to and fro |
| 2 | Finnish | takaisin | back; First-person singular conditional present... |
| 3 | Finnish | -isin | The case suffix denoting temporal distributive;... |
| 4 | Hungarian | isi | school |
| 5 | Hungarian | -i | Added to a proper noun, noun or postposition to... |
| 6 | Hungarian | -é | Used to form the lative, expressing the direction... |
| 7 | Albanian | -ë | -ing, -ion |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | -jā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
via Finnish inen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | inen | — |