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Where does “riskaabeli” come from?

riskaabeli (Finnish) comes from Swedish riskabel, from French risquable, from French risqué, from Middle French risque, from Italian rischiare, from Italian -are, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

riskaabeli (Finnish): risky

Definitions

  1. risky

Ancestry of “riskaabeli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishriskabel—
2Frenchrisquable—
3Frenchrisquérisky; risque, risqué; past participle of risquer
4Middle Frenchrisque—
5Italianrischiareto risk, take the plunge
6Italian-areUsed, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most...
7Latin-ō—
8Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
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