Where does “naisystävä” come from?

naisystävä (Finnish) comes from Finnish nainen, from Proto-Finnic nainen — woman; wife.

naisystävä (Finnish): adult girlfriend

Definitions

  1. adult girlfriend

Ancestry of “naisystävä”, step by step

naisystävä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnainenwoman; lady; first-person singular potential...
2Proto-Finnicnainenwoman; wife

via Finnish ystävä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishystäväfriend
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