Where does “lähimmäinen” come from?

lähimmäinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

lähimmäinen (Finnish): neighbour any fellow human being

Definitions

  1. neighbour any fellow human being

Ancestry of “lähimmäinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
2Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
3Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

Words derived from “lähimmäinen”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →