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Where does “muodikas” come from?

muodikas (Finnish) comes from Finnish muoti, from Swedish mod, from English mod, from English MAD, from Middle English mad, from Old English ġemǣd, from Proto-Germanic maidijaną, from Proto-Germanic maidaz — soft, tender, dear.

muodikas (Finnish): fashionable

Definitions

  1. fashionable

Ancestry of “muodikas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuotivogue, fashion; vogue, fad
2Swedishmodcourage; feeling
3EnglishmodAn unconventionally modern style of fashionable...
4EnglishMADInitialism of mutually assured destruction;...
5Middle EnglishmadMad, insane, deranged; not of sound mind;...
6Old Englishġemǣd—
7Proto-Germanicmaidijanąto exchange, change
8Proto-Germanicmaidazhurt, wounded; mad, foolish; angry, enraged
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “muodikas”

  • muodikkaasti
  • epämuodikas
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