Where does “sisäkkäinen” come from?

sisäkkäinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish sisäkkäin, from Finnish -kkäin, from Finnish -käs, from Proto-Finnic -k'as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

sisäkkäinen (Finnish): nested, one inside another

Definitions

  1. nested, one inside another

Ancestry of “sisäkkäinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsisäkkäinone inside another
2Finnish-kkäinFront vowel variant of -kkain
3Finnish-käsFront vowel variant of -kas
4Proto-Finnic-k'asForms adjectives from nouns, indicating a...
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -käs →Every word from Proto-Finnic -s →