Where does “kannustin” come from?

kannustin (Finnish) comes from Finnish kannustaa, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.

kannustin (Finnish): incentive; First-person singular indicative past...

Definitions

  1. incentive; First-person singular indicative past...

Ancestry of “kannustin”, step by step

kannustin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kannustaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkannustaato encourage, support; to cheer
2FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
3Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
4Proto-Finnictakaback, a place behind
5Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

via Finnish kanta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkantastem; position, opinion, point of view, account;...
2Proto-Finnickantaheel
3Proto-Finno-Ugrickanta

Words derived from “kannustin

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