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Where does “maukas” come from?

maukas (Finnish) comes from Finnish -kas, from Proto-Finnic -k'as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

maukas (Finnish): tasty

Definitions

  1. tasty

Ancestry of “maukas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-kas-y, -ful; a suffix that can be used to turn many,...
2Proto-Finnic-k'asForms adjectives from nouns, indicating a...
3Proto-Finnic-s—
4Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

Words derived from “maukas”

  • maukkaasti
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