Where does “uusiminen” come from?
uusiminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish uusia, from Finnish ia, from Finnish ja, from Proto-Finnic ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.
uusiminen (Finnish): renewal
Definitions
- renewal
Ancestry of “uusiminen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | uusia | to renew; to redo; to renovate, remodel; to... |
| 2 | Finnish | ia | Obsolete spelling of ja |
| 3 | Finnish | ja | and; AND |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | ja | and |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |