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Where does “poissaoleva” come from?

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

poissaoleva (Finnish): absent; absent-minded; absentee, no-show

Definitions

  1. absent; absent-minded; absentee, no-show

Ancestry of “poissaoleva”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoissaabsent, gone, not there/here, away; out of, away...
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 “poissaoleva”

  • poissaolevasti
Every word from Hebrew יצחק →