Where does “totuudenmukainen” come from?

totuudenmukainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish mukainen, from Proto-Finnic muka-, from Proto-Uralic muka — back.

totuudenmukainen (Finnish): truthful

Definitions

  1. truthful

Ancestry of “totuudenmukainen”, step by step

totuudenmukainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mukainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmukainenconsistent, compatible; within, compliant to
2Proto-Finnicmuka-along
3Proto-Uralicmukaback

via Finnish totuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtotuustruth
2Finnishtositruth, reality, real thing; real-life; true
3Proto-Finnictocitruth

Words derived from “totuudenmukainen

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