Where does “irtisanoa” come from?
irtisanoa (Finnish) comes from Finnish irti, from Finnish irto-, from Finnish irta, from Proto-Finnic irta.
irtisanoa (Finnish): to lay off; to dismiss; to fire, sack
Definitions
- to lay off; to dismiss; to fire, sack
Ancestry of “irtisanoa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | irti | Loose in the sense of not being fixed or stuck,... |
| 2 | Finnish | irto- | detachable, removable, separate, loose |
| 3 | Finnish | irta | — |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | irta | — |