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Where does “olemattomuus” come from?

olemattomuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish olematon, from Finnish olla, from Proto-Finnic oldak, from Proto-Uralic wole- — to be, become; be, will be.

olemattomuus (Finnish): nothingness

Definitions

  1. nothingness

Ancestry of “olemattomuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisholematonnonexistent; negligible; Negative participle of...
2Finnishollato be; to be, constitute, make up, form; to have;...
3Proto-Finnicoldakto be
4Proto-Uralicwole-to be, become; be, will be
Every word from Proto-Uralic wole- →