Where does “kimmoisa” come from?
kimmoisa (Finnish) comes from Finnish kimmota, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä.
kimmoisa (Finnish): bouncy, elastic
Ancestry of “kimmoisa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kimmota | to be elastic/springy/resilient; to snap, spring... |
| 2 | Finnish | -ta | A suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ta | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -tä | |
Words derived from “kimmoisa”