Where does “sekaannusvaara” come from?
sekaannusvaara (Finnish) comes from Finnish väärä, from Old Swedish fahra, from Middle Low German vāre, from Old Saxon fāra, from Proto-Germanic fērō, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
sekaannusvaara (Finnish): likelihood of confusion, risk of confusion
Definitions
- likelihood of confusion, risk of confusion
Ancestry of “sekaannusvaara”, step by step
sekaannusvaara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish väärä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | väärä | wrong, incorrect; false, erroneous; crooked,... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | fahra | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | vāre | danger, persecution, fear |
| 4 | Old Saxon | fāra | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fērō | danger |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
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 |