Where does “kasvojenkohotus” come from?

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

kasvojenkohotus (Finnish): facelift

Definitions

  1. facelift

Ancestry of “kasvojenkohotus”, step by step

kasvojenkohotus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kohotus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkohotuselevation, raising
2Finnish-usForms nouns from verbs, describing an action or...
3Proto-Finnic-usForms some nouns from nominal stems

via Finnish kasvot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasvotface

Words derived from “kasvojenkohotus”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -us →Every word from Finnish -us →Every word from Finnish kohotus →