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Where does “koska” come from?

koska (Finnish) comes from Finnish -s, from Proto-Finnic -nci, from Proto-Uralic -mte.

koska (Finnish): because, since; when

Definitions

  1. because, since; when

Ancestry of “koska”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-sForms ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers, or...
2Proto-Finnic-nciForms ordinal numbers from the corresponding...
3Proto-Uralic-mte—

Words derived from “koska”

  • koskaan
Every word from Proto-Uralic -mte →