Where does “tasapäistää” come from?
tasapäistää (Finnish) comes from Finnish tasapäinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
tasapäistää (Finnish): to equalize, level; to make homogeneous to suppress excellence and originality for the sake of equality or harmony
Definitions
- to equalize, level; to make homogeneous to suppress excellence and originality for the sake of equality or harmony
Ancestry of “tasapäistää”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tasapäinen | flat-ended |
| 2 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 3 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |