Where does “maailmankuuluisuus” come from?
maailmankuuluisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish maailma, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *maailma, from Finnish Ilma, from Finnish -ri, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
maailmankuuluisuus (Finnish): global fame
Definitions
- global fame
Ancestry of “maailmankuuluisuus”, step by step
maailmankuuluisuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish maailma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maailma | the Earth; a world; a celestial body |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *maailma | — |
| 3 | Finnish | Ilma | air |
| 4 | Finnish | -ri | Used to create names of occupations from nouns or... |
| 5 | Finnish | -ra | Forms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal... |
| 6 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |
via Finnish kuuluisuus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuuluisuus | A celebrity; Prestige, fame |
| 2 | Finnish | kuuluisa | famous |
| 3 | Finnish | kuulua | to be heard/audible; to be said; used to refer to... |
| 4 | Ingrian | -isa | Used to form adjectives denoting an abundance of the suffixed noun |