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Where does “menestyksekkäästi” come from?

menestyksekkäästi (Finnish) comes from Finnish menestyksekäs, from Finnish menestys, from Finnish menestyä, from Finnish -stua, from Finnish -staa, from Finnish saalistaa, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka — a place behind.

menestyksekkäästi (Finnish): successfully

Definitions

  1. successfully

Ancestry of “menestyksekkäästi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmenestyksekässuccessful
2Finnishmenestyssuccess
3FinnishmenestyäTo succeed, be successful, meet with success; be...
4Finnish-stuaForms translative verbs
5Finnish-staaForms captative verbs, i.e. verbs for hunting or...
6Finnishsaalistaato prey, hunt
7FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
8Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
9Proto-Finnictaka—
10Proto-Uralictakaa place behind
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