Where does “epämääräisyysperiaate” come from?
epämääräisyysperiaate (Finnish) comes from Finnish periaate, from Finnish aate, from Finnish aatella, from Finnish ajatella, from Finnish ajattaa, from Finnish ajaa, from Proto-Finnic ajadak, from Proto-Uralic aja- — to drive.
Ancestry of “epämääräisyysperiaate”, step by step
epämääräisyysperiaate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish periaate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | periaate | principle |
| 2 | Finnish | aate | ideology |
| 3 | Finnish | aatella | Alternative form of ajatella |
| 4 | Finnish | ajatella | to think (about) |
| 5 | Finnish | ajattaa | To have something driven |
| 6 | Finnish | ajaa | to drive, ride, travel in a vehicle, transport in... |
| 7 | Proto-Finnic | ajadak | to go in a vehicle, to drive |
| 8 | Proto-Uralic | aja- | to drive; to hunt, chase |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Háȷ́ati | to drive, lead |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |
via Finnish epämääräisyys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | epämääräisyys | indefiniteness |
| 2 | Finnish | epämääräinen | vague, nonspecific, indefinite, uncertain;... |
| 3 | Finnish | määräinen | definite; As headword in a compound term... |
| 4 | Finnish | määrä | amount, quantity; count, number; aim, target,... |
| 5 | Old East Slavic | мѣра | — |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | měra | measure |
| 7 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | mḗˀrāˀ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₁-reh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₁- | to measure |