Where does “jäyhyys” come from?

jäyhyys (Finnish) comes from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

jäyhyys (Finnish): bluffness, surliness, gruffness, roughness, abruptness, bluntness

Definitions

  1. bluffness, surliness, gruffness, roughness, abruptness, bluntness

Ancestry of “jäyhyys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
2Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

Words derived from “jäyhyys”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -uus →