Where does “sekaannussana” come from?
sekaannussana (Finnish) comes from Finnish sekaannus, 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.
Ancestry of “sekaannussana”, step by step
sekaannussana traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sekaannus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sekaannus | confusion, misunderstanding |
| 2 | Finnish | sekaantua | To get mixed up; To get involved |
| 3 | Finnish | -Vntua | Forms passive verbs |
| 4 | Finnish | -untua | — |
| 5 | Finnish | -ntua | Forms reflexive or inchoative intransitive verbs |
| 6 | Finnish | -ua | Forms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs... |
| 7 | Proto-Finnic | -üdäk | Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs |