Where does “lainaus” come from?
lainaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish lainata, from Finnish -ata, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.
lainaus (Finnish): lending, borrowing; quotation, quote; speech
Definitions
- lending, borrowing; quotation, quote; speech
Ancestry of “lainaus”, step by step
lainaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lainata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lainata | to loan, lend; to borrow; to cite, quote |
| 2 | Finnish | -ata | Derives verbs |
| 3 | Finnish | -ta | A suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ta | Partitive ending |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -tä | from |
via Finnish us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |