Where does “kuivua” come from?
kuivua (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk.
kuivua (Finnish): To dry
Ancestry of “kuivua”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | -ua | Forms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | -üdäk | — |