Where does “kiintoisuus” come from?
kiintoisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiintoisa, from Finnish kiinto-, from Finnish kiintää, from Finnish kiintyä, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.
kiintoisuus (Finnish): interestingness, intriguingness
Definitions
- interestingness, intriguingness
Ancestry of “kiintoisuus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kiintoisa | interesting, intriguing |
| 2 | Finnish | kiinto- | solid, firm, fixed |
| 3 | Finnish | kiintää | to fasten, to keep attached or touching to... |
| 4 | Finnish | kiintyä | To become fond, attached |
| 5 | Finnish | -ua | Forms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs... |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -üdäk | Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs |