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Where does “nousukasmaisuus” come from?

nousukasmaisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish nousukasmainen, from Finnish nousukas, from Finnish -käs, from Proto-Finnic -k'as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

nousukasmaisuus (Finnish): presumptuousness

Definitions

  1. presumptuousness

Ancestry of “nousukasmaisuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnousukasmainenupstart, parvenu
2Finnishnousukasupstart
3Finnish-käsFront vowel variant of -kas
4Proto-Finnic-k'asForms adjectives from nouns, indicating a...
5Proto-Finnic-s—
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—
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