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Where does “luottamus” come from?

luottamus (Finnish) comes from Finnish -mus, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

luottamus (Finnish): trust; confidence

Definitions

  1. trust; confidence

Ancestry of “luottamus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-musForms nouns from verbs. Variant of -us used with...
2Finnish-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix...
3Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

Words derived from “luottamus”

  • luottamustoimi
  • luottamushenkilö
  • itseluottamus
  • pääluottamusmies
  • luottamusmies
  • luottamuksellisesti
  • luottamuksellinen
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