Where does “laiskuus” come from?

laiskuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish uus — Alternative form of uusi.

laiskuus (Finnish): sloth, laziness

Definitions

  1. sloth, laziness

Ancestry of “laiskuus”, step by step

laiskuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi

via Finnish läiskä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishläiskäsplotch
Every word from Finnish uus →