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Where does “nuorisorikollisuus” come from?

nuorisorikollisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish rikollisuus, from Finnish rikollinen, from Finnish -llinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

nuorisorikollisuus (Finnish): juvenile delinquency

Definitions

  1. juvenile delinquency

Ancestry of “nuorisorikollisuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrikollisuuscrime; criminality, criminalness
2Finnishrikollinencriminal; A criminal
3Finnish-llinenForms adjectives that indicate time; Forms...
4Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
5Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
6Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
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