Where does “kankeus” come from?
kankeus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kankea, from Proto-Finnic kankeda — stiff.
kankeus (Finnish): stiffness; rigidity
Ancestry of “kankeus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | kankea | stiff; awkward, clumsy; Partitive singular form... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kankeda | stiff |
Words derived from “kankeus”