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Where does “käypä” come from?

käypä (Finnish) comes from Finnish käydä, from Proto-Finnic käüdäk, from Proto-Finnic käwe-, from Proto-Germanic *skēwijaną.

käypä (Finnish): acceptable, going, valid, current; selling well;...

Definitions

  1. acceptable, going, valid, current; selling well;...

Ancestry of “käypä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäydäto walk; to go by; to visit, go to , attend
2Proto-Finnickäüdäkto walk, to go
3Proto-Finnickäwe-—
4Proto-Germanic*skēwijaną—

Words derived from “käypä”

  • järkeenkäypä
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