Where does “halvaus” come from?

halvaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish -us, from Proto-Finnic -us — Forms some nouns from nominal stems.

halvaus (Finnish): paralysis; arrest; as in sydänhalvaus; stroke

Definitions

  1. paralysis; arrest; as in sydänhalvaus; stroke

Ancestry of “halvaus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-usForms nouns from verbs, describing an action or...
2Proto-Finnic-usForms some nouns from nominal stems

Words derived from “halvaus”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -us →Every word from Finnish -us →