Where does “kaksoispassiivi” come from?

kaksoispassiivi (Finnish) comes from Finnish passiivi, from Latin passivus, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

kaksoispassiivi (Finnish): "double passive"; the use of past passive forms of olla in perfect passive forms of verbs, which is common in colloquial language but considered nonstandard

Definitions

  1. "double passive"; the use of past passive forms of olla in perfect passive forms of verbs, which is common in colloquial language but considered nonstandard

Ancestry of “kaksoispassiivi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpassiivipassive voice; fourth person
2Latinpassivussubject to passion or emotion; passive
3Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
4Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
5Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -īvus →Every word from Latin passivus →