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Where does “ylivertaisuus” come from?

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

ylivertaisuus (Finnish): supremacy

Definitions

  1. supremacy

Ancestry of “ylivertaisuus”, step by step

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