Where does “lyhytromaani” come from?

lyhytromaani (Finnish) comes from Finnish lyhyt, from Proto-Finnic lühüt — short.

lyhytromaani (Finnish): novella

Definitions

  1. novella

Ancestry of “lyhytromaani”, step by step

lyhytromaani traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lyhyt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlyhytshort
2Proto-Finniclühütshort

via Finnish romaani

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishromaaninovel; Misspelling of romani
2SwedishromanA novel
Every word from Proto-Finnic lühüt →Every word from Finnish lyhyt →