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Where does “liiturousku” come from?

liiturousku (Finnish) comes from Finnish liitu, from Swedish klita, from Middle Low German krite, from Latin Crēta, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

liiturousku (Finnish): fleecy milk-cap, "Lactarius vellereus"

Definitions

  1. fleecy milk-cap, "Lactarius vellereus"

Ancestry of “liiturousku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliituchalk
2Swedishklitachalk
3Middle Low Germankrite—
4LatinCrēta—
5Latin-āceus—
6Latin-āx—
7Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
8Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
9Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
10Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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