Where does “olakkain” come from?
olakkain (Finnish) comes from Finnish -kkäin, from Finnish -käs, from Proto-Finnic -k'as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
olakkain (Finnish): shoulder-to-shoulder
Ancestry of “olakkain”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | -kkäin | Front vowel variant of -kkain |
| 2 | Finnish | -käs | Front vowel variant of -kas |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -k'as | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating a... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -s | — |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |