Where does “teeskentely” come from?
teeskentely (Finnish) comes from Finnish teeskennellä, from Finnish -skennella, from Finnish -ntaa, from Finnish -taa, from Proto-Finnic -tadak, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
teeskentely (Finnish): pretending, feigning
Definitions
- pretending, feigning
Ancestry of “teeskentely”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | teeskennellä | To pretend; to feign, make believe; to affect,... |
| 2 | Finnish | -skennella | Forms frequentative verbs from monosyllabic stems |
| 3 | Finnish | -ntaa | -en, -fy |
| 4 | Finnish | -taa | Forms causative verbs; Forms verbs from nouns and... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -tadak | Forms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |