Where does “monenkeskinen” come from?

monenkeskinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish keskinen, from Finnish -nen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

monenkeskinen (Finnish): multilateral

Definitions

  1. multilateral

Ancestry of “monenkeskinen”, step by step

monenkeskinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish keskinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeskinencentral
2Finnish-nenForms diminutives nouns or terms expressing...
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish moni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmonimany; few, quite a few; many people, many
2Proto-Finnicmonimany
3Proto-Finno-Permicmone

Words derived from “monenkeskinen

Every word from Proto-Finnic -ucEvery word from Finnish -inenEvery word from Finnish -uus