Where does “namu” come from?

namu (Finnish) comes from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

namu (Finnish): sweet, candy

Definitions

  1. sweet, candy

Ancestry of “namu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
2Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

Words derived from “namu”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →