Where does “kainous” come from?

kainous (Finnish) comes from Finnish -us, from Proto-Finnic -us — Forms some nouns from nominal stems.

kainous (Finnish): demureness, timidness

Definitions

  1. demureness, timidness

Ancestry of “kainous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-usForms nouns from verbs, describing an action or...
2Proto-Finnic-usForms some nouns from nominal stems
Every word from Proto-Finnic -us →Every word from Finnish -us →