Where does “laikkuisuus” come from?
laikkuisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish laikkuinen, from Finnish laikku, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u.
laikkuisuus (Finnish): spottedness
Ancestry of “laikkuisuus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laikkuinen | spotted |
| 2 | Finnish | laikku | spot; patch; fleck |
| 3 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -u | — |