Where does “liikaväsymys” come from?
liikaväsymys (Finnish) comes from Finnish väsymys, from Finnish -mus, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
liikaväsymys (Finnish): excessive fatigue, exhaustion
Definitions
- excessive fatigue, exhaustion
Ancestry of “liikaväsymys”, step by step
liikaväsymys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish väsymys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | väsymys | exhaustion, fatigue |
| 2 | Finnish | -mus | Forms nouns from verbs. Variant of -us used with... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
via Finnish liika
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | liika | excess; excessively |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | liika | excess |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | leykʷ- | to leave |