Where does “lyhytvartinen” come from?

lyhytvartinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish -vartinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

lyhytvartinen (Finnish): Having a short trunk, stem, handle, shaft etc. (any sense of the word varsi)

Definitions

  1. Having a short trunk, stem, handle, shaft etc. (any sense of the word varsi)

Ancestry of “lyhytvartinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-vartinen-trunked
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →