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Where does “poissaolevasti” come from?

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

poissaolevasti (Finnish): inattentively; absent-mindedly

Definitions

  1. inattentively; absent-mindedly

Ancestry of “poissaolevasti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoissaolevaabsent; absent-minded; absentee, no-show
2Finnishpoissaabsent, gone, not there/here, away; out of, away...
3Finnishpoikki-cross-, transverse
4Finnishpoikkibroken into two or more pieces; off; exhausted,...
5Finnishpoikitsehere and there, all over , spread out; Across,...
6Finnishitseoneself; used to emphasize the person of the head...
7Proto-Finnicicekself
8Hebrewיצחקto laugh
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