Where does “lastentajuinen” come from?
lastentajuinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish tajuinen, from Finnish taju, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.
Ancestry of “lastentajuinen”, step by step
lastentajuinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tajuinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tajuinen | conscious; used mostly as head in compound terms |
| 2 | Finnish | taju | consciousness; sense |
| 3 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |
via Finnish lapsi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lapsi | child |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | lapci | child |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | lëpće | cradle |