Where does “kimmoisuus” come from?

kimmoisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kimmoisa, from Finnish kimmota, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

kimmoisuus (Finnish): elasticity

Definitions

  1. elasticity

Ancestry of “kimmoisuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkimmoisabouncy, elastic
2Finnishkimmotato be elastic/springy/resilient; to snap, spring...
3Finnish-taA suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
5Proto-Uralic-täfrom
Every word from Proto-Uralic -tä →Every word from Finnish -ta →Every word from Finnish kimmota →