Where does “sekaannus” come from?
sekaannus (Finnish) comes from Finnish sekaantua, from Finnish -Vntua, from Finnish -untua, from Finnish -ntua, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.
sekaannus (Finnish): confusion, misunderstanding
Definitions
- confusion, misunderstanding
Ancestry of “sekaannus”, step by step
sekaannus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sekaantua
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sekaantua | To get mixed up; To get involved |
| 2 | Finnish | -Vntua | Forms passive verbs |
| 3 | Finnish | -untua | — |
| 4 | Finnish | -ntua | Forms reflexive or inchoative intransitive verbs |
| 5 | Finnish | -ua | Forms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs... |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -üdäk | Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs |
via Finnish us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |