Where does “maailmanmenestys” come from?
maailmanmenestys (Finnish) comes from Finnish menestys, from Finnish menestyä, from Finnish -stua, from Finnish -staa, from Finnish saalistaa, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka — a place behind.
maailmanmenestys (Finnish): global success
Definitions
- global success
Ancestry of “maailmanmenestys”, step by step
maailmanmenestys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish menestys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | menestys | success |
| 2 | Finnish | menestyä | To succeed, be successful, meet with success; be... |
| 3 | Finnish | -stua | Forms translative verbs |
| 4 | Finnish | -staa | Forms captative verbs, i.e. verbs for hunting or... |
| 5 | Finnish | saalistaa | to prey, hunt |
| 6 | Finnish | taa | Of movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse |
| 7 | Finnish | taka | the backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"... |
| 8 | Proto-Finnic | taka | back, a place behind |
| 9 | Proto-Uralic | taka | a place behind |
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 |