Where does “lyhkäinen” come from?

lyhkäinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish -kainen, from Finnish -kkä, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

lyhkäinen (Finnish): short

Definitions

  1. short

Ancestry of “lyhkäinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-kainenCreates nouns referring to things or beings that...
2Finnish-kkäFront vowel variant of -kka
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →
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