Where does “luomus” come from?
luomus (Finnish) comes from Finnish -mus, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
luomus (Finnish): creation
Ancestry of “luomus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | -mus | Forms nouns from verbs. Variant of -us used with... |
| 2 | Finnish | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |