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Where does “nykyaikaistua” come from?

nykyaikaistua (Finnish) comes from Finnish nykyaikaistaa, from Finnish nykyaikainen, from Finnish nykyaika, from Finnish aika, from Finnish -isin, from Hungarian isi, from Hungarian -i, from Hungarian -é — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

nykyaikaistua (Finnish): to become modern

Definitions

  1. to become modern

Ancestry of “nykyaikaistua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishnykyaikaistaaTo modernize
2Finnishnykyaikainenmodern, contemporary, current
3Finnishnykyaikamodern era, modern period, modern times
4Finnishaikatime; time, moment; appointment
5Finnish-isinThe case suffix denoting temporal distributive;...
6Hungarianisischool
7Hungarian-iAdded to a proper noun, noun or postposition to...
8Hungarian-éUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
9Albanian-ë-ing, -ion
10Proto-West Germanic-jā—
11Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
12Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “nykyaikaistua”

  • nykyaikaistuminen
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