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Where does “samansuuntaisuus” come from?

samansuuntaisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish samansuuntainen, from Finnish sama, from Proto-Germanic samaz, from Proto-Indo-European somHós, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

samansuuntaisuus (Finnish): parallelism; codirectionality

Definitions

  1. parallelism; codirectionality

Ancestry of “samansuuntaisuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsamansuuntainenparallel, having the same direction;...
2Finnishsamasame
3Proto-Germanicsamazsame, alike
4Proto-Indo-EuropeansomHóssame, alike
5Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
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