Where does “itsestäänselvä” come from?

itsestäänselvä (Finnish) comes from Finnish selvä, from Proto-Finnic selvä.

itsestäänselvä (Finnish): self-evident, that goes without saying, obvious

Definitions

  1. self-evident, that goes without saying, obvious

Ancestry of “itsestäänselvä”, step by step

itsestäänselvä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish selvä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishselväclear; free; sober
2Proto-Finnicselvä—

via Finnish itsestään

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishitsestäänby itself, spontaneously
Every word from Proto-Finnic selvä →Every word from Finnish selvä →