Where does “kimmoisuus” come from?
kimmoisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kimmoisa, from Finnish kimmota, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä.
kimmoisuus (Finnish): elasticity
Ancestry of “kimmoisuus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | kimmoisa | bouncy, elastic |
| 2 | Finnish | kimmota | to be elastic/springy/resilient; to snap, spring... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ta | A suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ta | — |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -tä | |