Where does “kestämätön” come from?

kestämätön (Finnish) comes from Finnish kestää, from Proto-Finnic kestädäk — to last, endure.

kestämätön (Finnish): unbearable; unsustainable; Negative participle of...

Definitions

  1. unbearable; unsustainable; Negative participle of...

Ancestry of “kestämätön”, step by step

kestämätön traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kestää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkestääto cope, stand, withstand, endure, hold up; to...
2Proto-Finnickestädäkto last, endure

via Finnish maton

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmatonGenitive singular form of matto

Words derived from “kestämätön

Every word from Proto-Finnic kestädäkEvery word from Finnish kestää