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Where does “imeväiskuolleisuus” come from?

imeväiskuolleisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish imeväinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

imeväiskuolleisuus (Finnish): infant mortality; infant mortality rate

Definitions

  1. infant mortality; infant mortality rate

Ancestry of “imeväiskuolleisuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishimeväinenA suckling
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
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