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Where does “naurettavuus” come from?

naurettavuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish naurettava, from Finnish nauraa, from Proto-Finnic nakradak — to laugh.

naurettavuus (Finnish): ridiculousness

Definitions

  1. ridiculousness

Ancestry of “naurettavuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishnaurettavaLaughable, ridiculous, ludicrous, preposterous;...
2FinnishnauraaTo laugh; To laugh off
3Proto-Finnicnakradakto laugh
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