Where does “paŗīmstiz” come from?

paŗīmstiz (Livonian) comes from Livonian paŗīm, from Finnish parempi, from Proto-Finnic parempa, from Proto-Finnic paras, from Proto-Finno-Permic para — good.

paŗīmstiz (Livonian): better

Definitions

  1. better

Ancestry of “paŗīmstiz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Livonianpaŗīmbetter
2Finnishparempicomparative degree of hyvä
3Proto-Finnicparempabetter
4Proto-Finnicparassuperlative degree of *hüvä
5Proto-Finno-Permicparagood
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic para →Every word from Proto-Finnic paras →Every word from Proto-Finnic parempa →