Where does “kertakaikkinen” come from?

kertakaikkinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kerta, from Proto-Finnic kerta, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- — to travel, tour.

kertakaikkinen (Finnish): something done or occurring completely in one action; one-off

Definitions

  1. something done or occurring completely in one action; one-off

Ancestry of “kertakaikkinen”, step by step

kertakaikkinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kerta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkertatime, occasion; time; times; also once, when the...
2Proto-Finnickertatime
3Proto-Indo-Europeankert-times; to weave, twist together; time
4Proto-Turkic*keŕ-to travel, tour

via Finnish kaikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaikkieverything; everyone, everybody; all-, omni-
2Finnish-tiForms caritive adverbs; Forms adverbs of manner
3Proto-Finnic-t'ikcaritive suffix

Words derived from “kertakaikkinen

Every word from Proto-Turkic *keŕ-