Where does “nukkavieru” come from?

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

nukkavieru (Finnish): shabby

Definitions

  1. shabby

Ancestry of “nukkavieru”, step by step

nukkavieru traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vieru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvieruslope, hillside
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish nukka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnukkanap, pile; pilling, pills; fuzz
2Swedishnockridge; notch
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish vieru →