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Where does “diminutiivisuus” come from?
diminutiivisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
Ancestry of “diminutiivisuus”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Finnish
-uus
Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
2
Proto-Finnic
-uc
-ness, -hood
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