Where does “kaikenlaatuinen” come from?
kaikenlaatuinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish laatuinen, from Finnish laatu, from Russian лад, from Proto-Slavic ladъ — harmony, order.
Ancestry of “kaikenlaatuinen”, step by step
kaikenlaatuinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish laatuinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laatuinen | of a certain quality or sort |
| 2 | Finnish | laatu | quality; sort, kind |
| 3 | Russian | лад | harmony, concord; manner, way; mode; fret |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | ladъ | harmony, order |
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 |