Where does “karvane” come from?

karvane (Estonian) comes from Finnish karvainen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

karvane (Estonian): hairy

Definitions

  1. hairy

Ancestry of “karvane”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarvainenhairy, furry, hirsute
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →
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