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Where does “kokemattomuus” come from?

kokemattomuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kokematon, from Finnish kokea, from Proto-Finnic kokedak, from Proto-Uralic koke-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- — to see; eye.

kokemattomuus (Finnish): inexperience

Definitions

  1. inexperience

Ancestry of “kokemattomuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkokematoninexperienced, unexperienced; Negative participle...
2Finnishkokeato experience, undergo; to suffer; ~ verkko = to...
3Proto-Finnickokedak
4Proto-Uralickoke-see
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye
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