Where does “keskeneräisyys” come from?
keskeneräisyys (Finnish) comes from Finnish keskeneräinen, from Finnish kesken, from Finnish keski-, from Proto-Finnic keski, from Proto-Finno-Permic keske.
keskeneräisyys (Finnish): incompleteness
Definitions
- incompleteness
Ancestry of “keskeneräisyys”, step by step
keskeneräisyys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish keskeneräinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | keskeneräinen | incomplete; uncompleted; in progress |
| 2 | Finnish | kesken | unfinished; finished too soon; in the middle of |
| 3 | Finnish | keski- | middle, central; average, mid-, medium,... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | keski | middle, center |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Permic | keske | — |
via Finnish uus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | uus | Alternative form of uusi |