Where does “ausus” come from?
ausus (Estonian) comes from Estonian aus, from Estonian -s, from Proto-Finnic -nci, from Proto-Uralic -mte.
ausus (Estonian): honesty
Ancestry of “ausus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Estonian | aus | honest |
| 2 | Estonian | -s | creates adjectives from nouns; forms ordinal... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -nci | Forms ordinal numbers from the corresponding... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -mte | — |