Where does “ykkösvahti” come from?
ykkösvahti (Finnish) comes from Finnish ykkönen, from Finnish -nen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
ykkösvahti (Finnish): first baseman
Ancestry of “ykkösvahti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | ykkönen | one; unit, the number one; first |
| 2 | Finnish | -nen | Forms diminutives nouns or terms expressing... |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |