Where does “eroavaisuus” come from?

eroavaisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish eroavainen, from Finnish eroava, from Finnish erota, from Finnish ero, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

eroavaisuus (Finnish): difference

Definitions

  1. difference

Ancestry of “eroavaisuus”, step by step

eroavaisuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish eroavainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisheroavainendiffering, different
2Finnisheroavadiffering; outgoing; Present active participle of...
3Finnisherotato divorce; to differ, be different; to resign
4Finnisherodifference, distinction; Short for avioero;...
5Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
7Proto-Uralic-w

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
Every word from Proto-Uralic -wEvery word from Finnish -oEvery word from Proto-Finnic -o