Where does “lyhyys” come from?

lyhyys (Finnish) comes from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

lyhyys (Finnish): shortness

Definitions

  1. shortness

Ancestry of “lyhyys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
2Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

Words derived from “lyhyys”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -uus →