Where does “kavallus” come from?

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

kavallus (Finnish): embezzlement the crime of misappropriating property entrusted to one

Definitions

  1. embezzlement the crime of misappropriating property entrusted to one

Ancestry of “kavallus”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kavallus”

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