Where does “poismennyt” come from?
poismennyt (Finnish) comes from Finnish pois, from Finnish poikki-, from Finnish poikki, from Finnish poikitse, from Finnish itse, from Proto-Finnic icek, from Hebrew יצחק — to laugh.
poismennyt (Finnish): deceased
Definitions
- deceased
Ancestry of “poismennyt”, step by step
poismennyt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pois
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pois | away, off; off; minus, take away |
| 2 | Finnish | poikki- | cross-, transverse |
| 3 | Finnish | poikki | broken into two or more pieces; off; exhausted,... |
| 4 | Finnish | poikitse | (Scattered/strewn) here and there, all over (the place), (all) spread out |
| 5 | Finnish | itse | oneself; used to emphasize the person of the head... |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | icek | self |
| 7 | Hebrew | יצחק | to laugh |