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Where does “vilpittömästi” come from?

vilpittömästi (Finnish) comes from Finnish vilpitön, from Finnish -tön, from Proto-Finnic -t'oin, from Proto-Uralic -ktama.

vilpittömästi (Finnish): sincerely, candidly, frankly

Definitions

  1. sincerely, candidly, frankly

Ancestry of “vilpittömästi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvilpitönsincere, bona fide
2Finnish-tönFront vowel variant of -ton
3Proto-Finnic-t'oin-less
4Proto-Uralic-ktama—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ktama →