Where does “käydä pitkäkseen” come from?
käydä pitkäkseen (Finnish) comes from Finnish pitkäkseen, from Finnish pitkä, from Proto-Finnic pitkä, from Proto-Uralic pide, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.
käydä pitkäkseen (Finnish): to lie down
Definitions
- to lie down
Ancestry of “käydä pitkäkseen”, step by step
käydä pitkäkseen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pitkäkseen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pitkäkseen | down to a reclining position; mostly used in the expression käydä pitkäkseen |
| 2 | Finnish | pitkä | long; tall; Short for pitkä kiekko |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | pitkä | long; tall |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | pide | tall |
| 5 | Finnish | pitää | to hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be... |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | pitädäk | to hold, to grasp; to keep |
| 7 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | pitä- | — |
via Finnish käydä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | käydä | to visit, go to (and return), attend (a place) |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | käüdäk | to walk, to go |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | käwe- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *skēwijaną | to go |