Where does “pitkäjänteinen” come from?

pitkäjänteinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish pitkä, from Proto-Finnic pitkä, from Proto-Uralic pide, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.

pitkäjänteinen (Finnish): long-term, sustained extending over a relatively long time period

Definitions

  1. long-term, sustained extending over a relatively long time period

Ancestry of “pitkäjänteinen”, step by step

pitkäjänteinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pitkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpitkälong; tall; Short for pitkä kiekko
2Proto-Finnicpitkälong; tall
3Proto-Uralicpidetall
4Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
5Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
6Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-—

via Finnish jänne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjännetendon, sinew; bowstring, string; chord
2Proto-Finnicjändekbowstring
3Proto-Uralicjäntestring

Words derived from “pitkäjänteinen”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic pitädäk →Every word from Finnish pitää →