Where does “kärttyisä” come from?

kärttyisä (Finnish) comes from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

kärttyisä (Finnish): cranky, grouchy, irritable, cantankerous

Definitions

  1. cranky, grouchy, irritable, cantankerous

Ancestry of “kärttyisä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
2Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

Words derived from “kärttyisä”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →