Where does “kirjavuus” come from?
kirjavuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirjava, from Finnish -va, from Proto-Finnic -pa, from Proto-Uralic -pa.
kirjavuus (Finnish): colorfulness, iridescence, mottledness
Definitions
- colorfulness, iridescence, mottledness
Ancestry of “kirjavuus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | kirjava | colorful, colored, mottled, iridescent,... |
| 2 | Finnish | -va | Forms the present active participle of a verb,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -pa | -ing; forms the present participle, which is... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -pa | — |