Where does “viimeistää” come from?

viimeistää (Finnish) comes from Finnish viimeinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

viimeistää (Finnish): to finish

Definitions

  1. to finish

Ancestry of “viimeistää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviimeinenlast, final; nth last; dying
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

Words derived from “viimeistää”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →
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