Where does “kaiuton” come from?
kaiuton (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaiku, from Finnish kaikua, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.
kaiuton (Finnish): echoless, anechoic
Definitions
- echoless, anechoic
Ancestry of “kaiuton”, step by step
kaiuton traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kaiku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaiku | echo |
| 2 | Finnish | kaikua | to echo, reverberate; Partitive singular form... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ua | Forms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -üdäk | Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs |
via Finnish ton
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ton | Genitive singular form of toi; Accusative... |