niinisyy etymology

Finnish word niinisyy comes from Finnish syy, Finnish niini (Bast.)

Detailed word origin of niinisyy

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
syy Finnish (fin) Fault. Fibre. Filament. Grain (linear texture of a material or surface); used in plural (syyt). Reason.
niini Finnish (fin) Bast.
niinisyy Finnish (fin) (botany) phloem fiber.

Words with the same origin as niinisyy

Descendants of syy
syinen