Where does “väristäminen” come from?
väristäminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish väristää, from Turkish -vari, from Ottoman Turkish ـواری, from Persian ـواری, from Persian ـوار, from Persian ـه, from Proto-Iranian -akah, from Proto-Iranian -kah — if.
Ancestry of “väristäminen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | väristää | to vibrate, to ruffle, to thrill |
| 2 | Turkish | -vari | like, -ish |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ـواری | — |
| 4 | Persian | ـواری | like, -ish |
| 5 | Persian | ـوار | used to create adjectives denoting a specific quality or characteristic |
| 6 | Persian | ـه | Forms the past participle from the past stem |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | -akah | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
| 8 | Proto-Iranian | -kah | — |
| 9 | Proto-Austronesian | ka | if |