Where does “irtisanoa” come from?

irtisanoa (Finnish) comes from Finnish irti, from Finnish irto-, from Finnish irta, from Proto-Finnic irta — loose, separate, detached.

irtisanoa (Finnish): to lay off; to dismiss; to fire, sack

Definitions

  1. to lay off; to dismiss; to fire, sack

Ancestry of “irtisanoa”, step by step

irtisanoa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish irti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishirtiLoose in the sense of not being fixed or stuck,...
2Finnishirto-detachable, removable, separate, loose
3Finnishirta—
4Proto-Finnicirtaloose, separate, detached

via Finnish sanoa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsanoato say, tell; to call

Words derived from “irtisanoa”

Every word from Proto-Finnic irta →Every word from Finnish irto- →Every word from Finnish irti →