Where does “parhaansa mukaan” come from?

parhaansa mukaan (Finnish) comes from Finnish paras, from Proto-Finnic paras, from Proto-Finno-Permic para — good.

parhaansa mukaan (Finnish): as best one can

Definitions

  1. as best one can

Ancestry of “parhaansa mukaan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishparassuperlative degree of hyvä; best
2Proto-Finnicparassuperlative degree of *hüvä
3Proto-Finno-Permicparagood
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic para →Every word from Proto-Finnic paras →Every word from Finnish paras →