Where does “hauraus” come from?
hauraus (Finnish) comes from Finnish hauras, from Proto-Finnic hapras — brittle, fragile, weak.
hauraus (Finnish): fragility, brittleness, frailty
Definitions
- fragility, brittleness, frailty
Ancestry of “hauraus”, step by step
hauraus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish hauras
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hauras | brittle, fragile, frail, friable, crumbly,... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | hapras | brittle, fragile, weak |
via Finnish uus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | uus | Alternative form of uusi |