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Where does “huokoisuus” come from?

huokoisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish huokoinen, from Finnish huokonen, from Finnish -onen, from Finnish -nen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

huokoisuus (Finnish): porosity

Definitions

  1. porosity

Ancestry of “huokoisuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhuokoinenporous
2Finnishhuokonenpore
3Finnish-onen—
4Finnish-nenForms diminutives nouns or terms expressing...
5Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
6Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
7Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
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