Where does “hellyydenkaipuu” come from?

hellyydenkaipuu (Finnish) comes from Finnish hellyys, from Finnish Hellä, from Swedish håll, from Swedish plats, from Old Swedish platz, from Old Norse plaz, from Middle Low German platse, from Latin platēa — flat.

hellyydenkaipuu (Finnish): yearning or longing for affection

Definitions

  1. yearning or longing for affection

Ancestry of “hellyydenkaipuu”, step by step

hellyydenkaipuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hellyys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhellyysaffection
2FinnishHellä
3Swedishhålla stop, a station; a direction; a range, a...
4Swedishplatsplace; any geographical position a little larger...
5Old Swedishplatz
6Old Norseplaz
7Middle Low Germanplatse
8Latinplatēabroad way, street
9Ancient Greekπλατεῖαfeminine nominative singular of πλατύς; feminine...
10Ancient Greekπλατύςwide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpléth₂usflat, broad
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat

via Finnish kaipuu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaipuulonging, yearning
2FinnishuuThe name of the Latin-script letter U; hole, nest
3LatinU
4LatinVve
5Etruscan?u
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂usEvery word from Ancient Greek πλατύς