Where does “huiju” come from?

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

huiju (Finnish): scam, swindle, hoax

Definitions

  1. scam, swindle, hoax

Ancestry of “huiju”, 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 -u →Every word from Finnish -u →