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Finnish word -uus comes from Proto-Finnic *-uc (-ness, -hood.)
Detailed word origin of
-uus
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Language
Definition
*-uc
Proto-Finnic
(fiu-fin-pro)
-ness, -hood.
-uus
Finnish
(fin)
Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality.
Words with the same origin as
-uus
Descendants of *-uc
korkeus
polvenkorkuinen
sote
terveys