Where does “fiksuus” come from?
fiksuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish fiksu, from Swedish fix, from German fix, from French fixe, from Middle French fixe, from Old French fix, from Latin fīxus, from Latin fīgō — to insert; to fasten.
fiksuus (Finnish): cleverness, smartness, sharpness
Definitions
- cleverness, smartness, sharpness
Ancestry of “fiksuus”, step by step
fiksuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish fiksu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | fiksu | clever, smart, sharp, bright |
| 2 | Swedish | fix | fixed, inflexible, rigid; a fix, a dose of an... |
| 3 | German | fix | fixed; quick; smart |
| 4 | French | fixe | fixed; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 5 | Middle French | fixe | fixed |
| 6 | Old French | fix | inflection of fil: ## oblique plural ##... |
| 7 | Latin | fīxus | unwavering |
| 8 | Latin | fīgō | to fasten, fix |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | feigʷō | to insert; to fasten |
via Finnish uus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | uus | Alternative form of uusi |