Where does “kauimmainen” come from?

kauimmainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kauin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

kauimmainen (Finnish): furthest away

Definitions

  1. furthest away

Ancestry of “kauimmainen”, step by step

kauimmainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kauin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkauinfarthest, furthest that is farthest or furthest
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish inen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinen—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in →