Where does “hortoilu” come from?

hortoilu (Finnish) comes from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

hortoilu (Finnish): wandering, drifting

Definitions

  1. wandering, drifting

Ancestry of “hortoilu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
2Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uEvery word from Finnish -u