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Where does “mielekäs” come from?

mielekäs (Finnish) comes from Finnish kas, from Finnish katso!, from Finnish katsoa, from Proto-Finnic kaccodak, from Proto-Germanic gātijaną.

mielekäs (Finnish): reasonable, sensible

Definitions

  1. reasonable, sensible

Ancestry of “mielekäs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaslook!, oh!, my!, behold!; look
2Finnishkatso!look!
3Finnishkatsoato look, have a look, take a look; to watch; to...
4Proto-Finnickaccodak—
5Proto-Germanicgātijaną—

Words derived from “mielekäs”

  • mielekkyys
  • mielekkäästi
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