Where does “kalleus” come from?

kalleus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kallis, from Proto-Finnic kallis — dear, precious, beloved.

kalleus (Finnish): expensiveness, costliness; valuables, treasure

Definitions

  1. expensiveness, costliness; valuables, treasure

Ancestry of “kalleus”, step by step

kalleus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kallis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkallisexpensive; dear
2Proto-Finnickallisdear, precious, beloved

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi

Words derived from “kalleus”

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