Where does “kääpiökasvu” come from?

kääpiökasvu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kääpiö, from Finnish -io, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

kääpiökasvu (Finnish): dwarfism

Definitions

  1. dwarfism

Ancestry of “kääpiökasvu”, step by step

kääpiökasvu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kääpiö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkääpiömidget, dwarf; dwarf star, dwarf
2Finnish-ioForms nouns from verbs or verbal stems; Forms...
3Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
5Proto-Uralic-w—

via Finnish kasvu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasvugrowth
2Finnishkasvaato grow
3Proto-Finnickasvadakto grow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewks-—

Words derived from “kääpiökasvu”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Finnish -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →