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Where does “ylittämätön” come from?

ylittämätön (Finnish) comes from Finnish ylittää, from Finnish yli, from Proto-Finnic üli, from Hungarian -i, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

ylittämätön (Finnish): insurmountable; excellent

Definitions

  1. insurmountable; excellent

Ancestry of “ylittämätön”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishylittääto cross; to exceed, surpass, go over, transcend;...
2Finnishyli"yli" + number: over; over; after, past
3Proto-Finnicüliover
4Hungarian-iAdded to a proper noun, noun or postposition to...
5Hungarian-éUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
6Albanian-ë-ing, -ion
7Proto-West Germanic-jā—
8Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
9Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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