Where does “ristikontra” come from?
ristikontra (Finnish) comes from Finnish Risti, from Finnish -iäinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
ristikontra (Finnish): A Finnish trick-taking card game, somewhat similar to the Czech card game sedma and Hungarian card game zsírozás
Definitions
- A Finnish trick-taking card game, somewhat similar to the Czech card game sedma and Hungarian card game zsírozás
Ancestry of “ristikontra”, step by step
ristikontra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Risti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Risti | cross |
| 2 | Finnish | -iäinen | Front vowel variant of -iainen |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish kontra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kontra | — |