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Where does “kissamaisesti” come from?

kissamaisesti (Finnish) comes from Finnish kissamainen, from Finnish mainen, from Finnish maa, from Proto-Finnic maa, from Proto-Uralic mëxe, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s — great.

kissamaisesti (Finnish): felinely

Definitions

  1. felinely

Ancestry of “kissamaisesti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkissamainencatlike, feline; feliform
2Finnishmainenworldly
3Finnishmaaearth; soil; land
4Proto-Finnicmaaearth, ground, soil; land, country
5Proto-Uralicmëxeearth, land
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat
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