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Where does “pitkäaikainen” come from?

pitkäaikainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish aikainen, from Finnish aika, from Finnish -isin, from Hungarian isi, from Hungarian -i, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

pitkäaikainen (Finnish): long-term, longtime; chronic; secular

Definitions

  1. long-term, longtime; chronic; secular

Ancestry of “pitkäaikainen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaikainenearly; taking place during; from the times of
2Finnishaikatime; time, moment; appointment
3Finnish-isinThe case suffix denoting temporal distributive;...
4Hungarianisischool
5Hungarian-iAdded to a proper noun, noun or postposition to...
6Hungarian-éUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
7Albanian-ë-ing, -ion
8Proto-West Germanic-jā—
9Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
10Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “pitkäaikainen”

  • pitkäaikainen vastuu
  • pitkäaikaistyöttömyys
  • pitkäaikaistyötön
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →