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Where does “poikkeus” come from?

poikkeus (Finnish) comes from Finnish poiketa, from Finnish poikki-, from Finnish poikki, from Finnish poikitse, from Finnish itse, from Proto-Finnic icek, from Hebrew יצחק — to laugh.

poikkeus (Finnish): exception, anomaly, outlier; anomaly,...

Definitions

  1. exception, anomaly, outlier; anomaly,...

Ancestry of “poikkeus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoiketato differ from, be different from, depart,...
2Finnishpoikki-cross-, transverse
3Finnishpoikkibroken into two or more pieces; off; exhausted,...
4Finnishpoikitsehere and there, all over , spread out; Across,...
5Finnishitseoneself; used to emphasize the person of the head...
6Proto-Finnicicekself
7Hebrewיצחקto laugh

Words derived from “poikkeus”

  • poikkeuslupa
  • poikkeuksellisesti
  • poikkeuksellinen
  • poikkeustilanne
  • poikkeukseton
  • poikkeustila
Every word from Hebrew יצחק →