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Where does “iltapäivä” come from?

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

iltapäivä (Finnish): An afternoon, roughly the period between 12 noon...

Definitions

  1. An afternoon, roughly the period between 12 noon...

Ancestry of “iltapäivä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishiltaevening
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

Words derived from “iltapäivä”

  • iltapäivävahti
  • iltapäivälehti
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