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Where does “nautittavuus” come from?

nautittavuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish nautittava, from Finnish nauttia, from Proto-Germanic nautijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

nautittavuus (Finnish): enjoyability, enjoyableness

Definitions

  1. enjoyability, enjoyableness

Ancestry of “nautittavuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnautittavaenjoyable; Present passive participle of nauttia
2FinnishnauttiaTo enjoy; To enjoy a legal right; To ingest,...
3Proto-Germanicnautijanąto cause to use; to employ
4Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
5Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
7Chichewaiyehe, she
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