Where does “pettämätön” come from?
pettämätön (Finnish) comes from Finnish -mätön, from Proto-Finnic -mat'oin, from Proto-Finnic -t'oin, from Proto-Uralic -ktama.
pettämätön (Finnish): infallible, foolproof, trustworthy
Definitions
- infallible, foolproof, trustworthy
Ancestry of “pettämätön”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | -mätön | Front vowel variant of -maton |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | -mat'oin | Forms the negative participle, which is used as an adjective |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -t'oin | -less |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ktama | — |
Words derived from “pettämätön”