Where does “nyyhkyleffa” come from?

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

nyyhkyleffa (Finnish): tearjerker

Definitions

  1. tearjerker

Ancestry of “nyyhkyleffa”, step by step

nyyhkyleffa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nyyhky

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

via Finnish leffa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleffaflick, movie; movies
2Swedish[[levande]] [[bilder]]—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish nyyhky →