Where does “kiintoisa” come from?

kiintoisa (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiinto-, from Finnish kiintää, from Finnish kiintyä, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.

kiintoisa (Finnish): interesting, intriguing

Definitions

  1. interesting, intriguing

Ancestry of “kiintoisa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiinto-solid, firm, fixed
2Finnishkiintääto fasten, to keep attached or touching to...
3FinnishkiintyäTo become fond, attached
4Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
5Proto-Finnic-üdäkForms mainly passive or anticausative verbs

Words derived from “kiintoisa”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäk →Every word from Finnish -ua →Every word from Finnish kiinto- →