Where does “surunsekainen” come from?

surunsekainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish suru, from Finnish surra, from Proto-Finnic surdak, from Finnish sure-.

surunsekainen (Finnish): sorrowful, mixed with sorrow

Definitions

  1. sorrowful, mixed with sorrow

Ancestry of “surunsekainen”, step by step

surunsekainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish suru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsurusorrow, grief, woe; Swedish Finn
2FinnishsurraTo mourn, grieve
3Proto-Finnicsurdakto die
4Finnishsure-—

via Finnish sekainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsekainenmessy, disorderly; mixed
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Finnish sure- →Every word from Proto-Finnic surdak →Every word from Finnish surra →