Where does “rinnastua” come from?

rinnastua (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.

rinnastua (Finnish): to be comparable to, to be regarded as comparable to

Definitions

  1. to be comparable to, to be regarded as comparable to

Ancestry of “rinnastua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
2Proto-Finnic-üdäkForms mainly passive or anticausative verbs
Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäk
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