Where does “alkoholipitoisuus” come from?

alkoholipitoisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish pitoisuus, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

alkoholipitoisuus (Finnish): alcohol content

Definitions

  1. alcohol content

Ancestry of “alkoholipitoisuus”, step by step

alkoholipitoisuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pitoisuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpitoisuuspercentage; concentration
2Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
3Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish alkoholi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalkoholialcohol; alcoholic
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -uus →Every word from Finnish pitoisuus →