Where does “kirjasinkoko” come from?
kirjasinkoko (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirjasin, from Finnish -sin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
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Ancestry of “kirjasinkoko”, step by step
kirjasinkoko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kirjasin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kirjasin | sort |
| 2 | Finnish | -sin | Forms certain nouns, particularly those... |
| 3 | Finnish | -in | Suffix variant for the illative singular, see... |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
via Finnish koko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | koko | whole, entire; all; see all day, all night; heap |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | koko | whole, entire, all |