Where does “kermanvalkoinen” come from?
kermanvalkoinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish valkoinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
kermanvalkoinen (Finnish): creamy-white
Ancestry of “kermanvalkoinen”, step by step
kermanvalkoinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish valkoinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | valkoinen | white; Caucasian; A white colour |
| 2 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 3 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish kerma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kerma | cream; the cream; kerma |
| 2 | English | kerma | The sum of the initial kinetic energies of all... |