Where does “ilus” come from?

ilus (Estonian) comes from Estonian -s, from Proto-Finnic -nci, from Proto-Uralic -mte.

ilus (Estonian): beautiful, pretty; inessive singular of ilu

Definitions

  1. beautiful, pretty; inessive singular of ilu

Ancestry of “ilus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonian-screates adjectives from nouns; forms ordinal...
2Proto-Finnic-nciForms ordinal numbers from the corresponding...
3Proto-Uralic-mte—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -mte →Every word from Proto-Finnic -nci →Every word from Estonian -s →