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Where does “kolminkertainen” come from?

kolminkertainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish -kertainen, from Finnish kerta, from Proto-Finnic kerta, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ-.

kolminkertainen (Finnish): triple, threefold; three-time

Definitions

  1. triple, threefold; three-time

Ancestry of “kolminkertainen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-kertainen-tuple, -fold, "X times as big/many as", or...
2Finnishkertatime, occasion; time; times; also once, when the...
3Proto-Finnickertatime
4Proto-Indo-Europeankert-times; to weave, twist together; time
5Proto-Turkic*keŕ-—

Words derived from “kolminkertainen”

  • kolminkertaisuus
  • kolminkertaisesti
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