Where does “kaikkinäkevä” come from?
kaikkinäkevä (Finnish) comes from Finnish näkevä, from Finnish nähdä, from Proto-Finnic näktäk, from Proto-Uralic näke- — to see.
kaikkinäkevä (Finnish): all-seeing
Ancestry of “kaikkinäkevä”, step by step
kaikkinäkevä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish näkevä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | näkevä | seeing; Present active participle of nähdä |
| 2 | Finnish | nähdä | to see; to see, meet; to regard, have an outlook... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | näktäk | to see |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | näke- | to see |
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 |