Where does “nuoruus” come from?

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

nuoruus (Finnish): youth

Definitions

  1. youth

Ancestry of “nuoruus”, step by step

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

Words derived from “nuoruus”

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