Where does “pyhimystaru” come from?
pyhimystaru (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyhimys, from Finnish -mus, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
pyhimystaru (Finnish): Saint legend
Ancestry of “pyhimystaru”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | pyhimys | A saint |
| 2 | Finnish | -mus | Forms nouns from verbs. Variant of -us used with... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |