Where does “epämuodikas” come from?
epämuodikas (Finnish) comes from Finnish muodikas, from Finnish muoti, from Swedish mod, from English mod, from English MAD, from Middle English mad, from Old English ġemǣd, from Proto-Germanic maidijaną — soft, tender, dear.
epämuodikas (Finnish): unfashionable
Ancestry of “epämuodikas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | muodikas | fashionable |
| 2 | Finnish | muoti | vogue, fashion; vogue, fad |
| 3 | Swedish | mod | courage; feeling |
| 4 | English | mod | An unconventionally modern style of fashionable... |
| 5 | English | MAD | Initialism of mutually assured destruction;... |
| 6 | Middle English | mad | Mad, insane, deranged; not of sound mind;... |
| 7 | Old English | ġemǣd | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | maidijaną | to exchange, change |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | maidaz | hurt, wounded; mad, foolish; angry, enraged |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy- | soft, tender, dear |