Where does “paremmuusjärjestys” come from?

paremmuusjärjestys (Finnish) comes from Finnish paremmuus, from Finnish parempi, from Proto-Finnic parempa, from Proto-Finnic paras, from Proto-Finno-Permic para — good.

paremmuusjärjestys (Finnish): ranking or order from best to worst

Definitions

  1. ranking or order from best to worst

Ancestry of “paremmuusjärjestys”, step by step

paremmuusjärjestys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish paremmuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishparemmuussuperiority
2Finnishparempicomparative degree of hyvä
3Proto-Finnicparempabetter
4Proto-Finnicparassuperlative degree of *hüvä
5Proto-Finno-Permicparagood

via Finnish järjestys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjärjestysorder; organization
2Finnishjärjestääto arrange; to organize
3Finnishjärkireason; sense
4Proto-Finnicjärkirow; order, condition
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic para →Every word from Proto-Finnic paras →Every word from Proto-Finnic parempa →
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