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Where does “määräaikainen” come from?

määräaikainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish määräaika, from Finnish aika, from Finnish -isin, from Hungarian isi, from Hungarian -i, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

määräaikainen (Finnish): fixed-period, fixed-term, fixed-duration;...

Definitions

  1. fixed-period, fixed-term, fixed-duration;...

Ancestry of “määräaikainen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmääräaikadeadline, time limit; set period of time
2Finnishaikatime; time, moment; appointment
3Finnish-isinThe case suffix denoting temporal distributive;...
4Hungarianisischool
5Hungarian-iAdded to a proper noun, noun or postposition to...
6Hungarian-éUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
7Albanian-ë-ing, -ion
8Proto-West Germanic-jā—
9Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
10Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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