Where does “oppia kantapään kautta” come from?
oppia kantapään kautta (Finnish) comes from Finnish kautta, from Finnish kausi, from Proto-Finnic kauci, from Proto-Finno-Permic kawte — road? way? passage ?.
oppia kantapään kautta (Finnish): to learn the hard way
Definitions
- to learn the hard way
Ancestry of “oppia kantapään kautta”, step by step
oppia kantapään kautta traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kautta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kautta | through, via, by; throughout; by, through |
| 2 | Finnish | kausi | period, age, epoch, season; term; period |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kauci | (section of a) road, way, path; part of a journey |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Permic | kawte | road? way? passage ? |