Where does “vastoinkäyminen” come from?
vastoinkäyminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish käyminen, from Finnish -minen, from Proto-Finnic -minen, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
vastoinkäyminen (Finnish): adversity, hardship, misfortune
Definitions
- adversity, hardship, misfortune
Ancestry of “vastoinkäyminen”, step by step
vastoinkäyminen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish käyminen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | käyminen | fermentation; going, visiting; going by |
| 2 | Finnish | -minen | Forms verbal nouns from verbs, mostly corresponds... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -minen | Forms nouns from verbs, indicating the action of... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
via Finnish vastoin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vastoin | Instructive plural form of vasta-; First-person... |