Where does “katoavaisuus” come from?
katoavaisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish katoavainen, from Finnish katoava, from Finnish kadota, from Finnish kato, from Finnish katsoa, from Proto-Finnic kaccodak, from Proto-Germanic gātijaną.
katoavaisuus (Finnish): quality of being earthly, worldly, temporal, passing
Definitions
- quality of being earthly, worldly, temporal, passing
Ancestry of “katoavaisuus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | katoavainen | earthly, worldly, temporal, passing; fleeting |
| 2 | Finnish | katoava | Present active participle of kadota; disappearing |
| 3 | Finnish | kadota | to disappear, vanish; to be lost, go missing; to... |
| 4 | Finnish | kato | failure of crops; loss, disappearance, lack;... |
| 5 | Finnish | katsoa | to look, have a look, take a look; to watch; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | kaccodak | to look |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | gātijaną | — |