Where does “likimain” come from?
likimain (Finnish) comes from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
likimain (Finnish): approximately, about
Ancestry of “likimain”, step by step
likimain traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish mää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mää | baa; I |
| 2 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 3 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish liki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | liki | almost, nearly, close to |
| 2 | Finnish | liki- | A prefix signifying nearly, almost, "close to" |
Words derived from “likimain”