Where does “sekavuus” come from?

sekavuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish sekava, from Finnish seka-, from Proto-Finnic seka — mixed.

sekavuus (Finnish): mental confusion, haze

Definitions

  1. mental confusion, haze

Ancestry of “sekavuus”, step by step

sekavuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sekava

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsekavaconfusing, unclear, mixed; confused
2Finnishseka-mixed; cross-
3Proto-Finnicsekamixed

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi

Words derived from “sekavuus”

Every word from Proto-Finnic seka →Every word from Finnish seka- →Every word from Finnish sekava →
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