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
Ancestry of “parhaansa mukaan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | paras | superlative degree of hyvä; best |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | paras | superlative degree of *hüvä |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Permic | para | good |