Where does “kolmevuotinen” come from?

kolmevuotinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish -vuotinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

kolmevuotinen (Finnish): three-year(-long)

Definitions

  1. three-year(-long)

Ancestry of “kolmevuotinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-vuotinenyears'; year's
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →