Where does “epäselvyys” come from?

epäselvyys (Finnish) comes from Finnish epäselvä, from Finnish selvä, from Proto-Finnic selvä.

epäselvyys (Finnish): obscurity; blurriness

Definitions

  1. obscurity; blurriness

Ancestry of “epäselvyys”, step by step

epäselvyys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish epäselvä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishepäselväunclear; vague
2Finnishselväclear; free; sober
3Proto-Finnicselvä—

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
Every word from Proto-Finnic selvä →Every word from Finnish selvä →Every word from Finnish epäselvä →