Where does “kaipaus” come from?

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

kaipaus (Finnish): yearning, longing

Definitions

  1. yearning, longing

Ancestry of “kaipaus”, 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 →