Where does “menestyskirja” come from?
menestyskirja (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.
menestyskirja (Finnish): bestseller
Ancestry of “menestyskirja”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 9 | Proto-Uralic | taka | a place behind |