Where does “karsaus” come from?

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

karsaus (Finnish): twistedness, crookedness

Definitions

  1. twistedness, crookedness

Ancestry of “karsaus”, 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 -usEvery word from Finnish -us