Where does “teennäisyys” come from?
teennäisyys (Finnish) comes from Finnish teennäinen, from Finnish tehdä, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
teennäisyys (Finnish): artificialness, fakeness
Definitions
- artificialness, fakeness
Ancestry of “teennäisyys”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | teennäinen | artificial, affected, fake; forced |
| 2 | Finnish | tehdä | to do, perform, execute; to make, manufacture; to... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | tektäk | to do; to make |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | teke- | to do; to put, to place |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |