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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.

sekaannus (Finnish): confusion, misunderstanding

Definitions

  1. confusion, misunderstanding

Ancestry of “sekaannus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsekaantuaTo get mixed up; To get involved
2Finnish-VntuaForms passive verbs
3Finnish-untua—
4Finnish-ntuaForms reflexive or inchoative intransitive verbs
5Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
6Proto-Finnic-üdäk—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäk →