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Where does “kapiainen” come from?

kapiainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

kapiainen (Finnish): A person belonging to the permanent staff of the...

Definitions

  1. A person belonging to the permanent staff of the...

Ancestry of “kapiainen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
2Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
3Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
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