halukas etymology

Finnish word halukas comes from Finnish -kas, Finnish halu (Desire. Urge, itch.)

Detailed word origin of halukas

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-kas Finnish (fin) -y, -ful; a suffix that can be used to turn many, but not all, nouns into adjectives that indicate abundant presence of the thing expressed by the noun. When the suffix is added to the noun, the stem changes in accordance with consonant gradation.
halu Finnish (fin) Desire. Urge, itch.
halukas Finnish (fin) Inclined, eager, willing.

Words with the same origin as halukas

Descendants of -kas
alokas arvokas arvokkaasti asiakas innokas innokkaasti kohtalokas kunniakas lahjakas lahjakkuus maukas mehukas mutkikas nerokas osakas pelokas puolikas sisukas tehokas toiveikas tunteikas varakas voimakas voimakkaasti