Where does “kaikenkirjava” come from?
kaikenkirjava (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirjava, from Finnish -va, from Proto-Finnic -pa, from Proto-Uralic -pa.
kaikenkirjava (Finnish): of many bright colors
Ancestry of “kaikenkirjava”, step by step
kaikenkirjava traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kirjava
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kirjava | colorful, colored, mottled, iridescent,... |
| 2 | Finnish | -va | Forms the present active participle of a verb,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -pa | -ing; forms the present participle, which is... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -pa | — |
via Finnish kaikki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaikki | everything; everyone, everybody; all-, omni- |
| 2 | Finnish | -ti | Forms caritive adverbs; Forms adverbs of manner |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -t'ik | caritive suffix |