Where does “verine” come from?
verine (Estonian) comes from Finnish verinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
verine (Estonian): bloody
Ancestry of “verine”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | verinen | bloody |
| 2 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 3 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |