Where does “viimeistelijä” come from?
viimeistelijä (Finnish) comes from Finnish viimeistellä, from Finnish viimeistää, from Finnish viimeinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
viimeistelijä (Finnish): A polisher
Ancestry of “viimeistelijä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | viimeistellä | To finish |
| 2 | Finnish | viimeistää | to finish |
| 3 | Finnish | viimeinen | last, final; nth last; dying |
| 4 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 5 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |