Where does “kiinnipidin” come from?
kiinnipidin (Finnish) comes from Finnish pidin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
Ancestry of “kiinnipidin”, step by step
kiinnipidin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pidin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pidin | holder, bracket; First-person singular indicative... |
| 2 | Finnish | -in | Suffix variant for the illative singular, see... |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
via Finnish kiinni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kiinni | closed; attached, connected, fastened; due to,... |
| 2 | Finnish | kiinteä | solid, rigid; firm; fixed |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kiintedä | — |