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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

  1. sketchiness; generality

Ancestry of “ylimalkaisuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishylimalkainenapproximate, rough, undetailed, sketchy
2Finnishylimalkaanin general, generally
3Finnishyli-over-; super-; superior; trans-; overly,...
4Finnishyli"yli" + number: over; over; after, past
5Proto-Finnicüliover
6Hungarian-iAdded to a proper noun, noun or postposition to...
7Hungarian-éUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
8Albanian-ë-ing, -ion
9Proto-West Germanic-jā—
10Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
11Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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