Where does “järvisyyhy” come from?
järvisyyhy (Finnish) comes from Finnish syyhy, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u.
järvisyyhy (Finnish): swimmer's itch, duck itch
Definitions
- swimmer's itch, duck itch
Ancestry of “järvisyyhy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | syyhy | scabies; mange, scab; A heavy and/or persistent... |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | — |