Where does “mukavuusavioliitto” come from?
mukavuusavioliitto (Finnish) comes from Finnish avioliitto, from Finnish liitto, from Finnish liittää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
mukavuusavioliitto (Finnish): marriage of convenience
Definitions
- marriage of convenience
Ancestry of “mukavuusavioliitto”, step by step
mukavuusavioliitto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish avioliitto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | avioliitto | marriage |
| 2 | Finnish | liitto | cooperation based on common agreement, union;... |
| 3 | Finnish | liittää | to join, connect, attach, fasten; to attach,... |
| 4 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |