Where does “hoikkuus” come from?

hoikkuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

hoikkuus (Finnish): slenderness, slimness

Definitions

  1. slenderness, slimness

Ancestry of “hoikkuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
2Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -uus →