Where does “ylimalkaisuus” come from?
ylimalkaisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish ylimalkainen, from Finnish ylimalkaan, from Finnish yli-, from Finnish yli, from Proto-Finnic üli, from Hungarian -i, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
ylimalkaisuus (Finnish): sketchiness; generality
Definitions
- sketchiness; generality
Ancestry of “ylimalkaisuus”, step by step
ylimalkaisuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ylimalkainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ylimalkainen | approximate, rough, undetailed, sketchy |
| 2 | Finnish | ylimalkaan | in general, generally |
| 3 | Finnish | yli- | over-; super-; superior; trans-; overly,... |
| 4 | Finnish | yli | "yli" + number: over; over; after, past |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | üli | over |
| 6 | Hungarian | -i | Added to a proper noun, noun or postposition to... |
| 7 | Hungarian | -é | Used to form the lative, expressing the direction... |
| 8 | Albanian | -ë | -ing, -ion |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | -jā | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
via Finnish uus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | uus | Alternative form of uusi |