Where does “kutenka” come from?

kutenka (Finnish) comes from Finnish -kä, from Proto-Finnic -ka, from Proto-Uralic -ka.

kutenka (Finnish): as; such as; like

Definitions

  1. as; such as; like

Ancestry of “kutenka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-käfunctionally a conjunction, suffixed to the negation verb to join two main clauses; and (not) (see)
2Proto-Finnic-kaForms certain nouns or adjectives; mostly non-productive by Proto-Finnic
3Proto-Uralic-ka—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ka →Every word from Finnish -kä →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ka →
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