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Where does “lähestymistapa” come from?

lähestymistapa (Finnish) comes from Finnish lähestyminen, from Finnish lähestyä, from Finnish -stua, from Finnish -staa, from Finnish saalistaa, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka — a place behind.

lähestymistapa (Finnish): The manner of an approach

Definitions

  1. The manner of an approach

Ancestry of “lähestymistapa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlähestyminenapproach, approximation, oncoming; Fourth...
2Finnishlähestyäto approach, come close/near; to approach, come...
3Finnish-stuaForms translative verbs
4Finnish-staaForms captative verbs, i.e. verbs for hunting or...
5Finnishsaalistaato prey, hunt
6FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
7Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
8Proto-Finnictaka—
9Proto-Uralictakaa place behind
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