Where does “ohuus” come from?

ohuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish ohut, from Proto-Finnic ohut, from Proto-Finnic oha.

ohuus (Finnish): thinness; rarity

Definitions

  1. thinness; rarity

Ancestry of “ohuus”, step by step

ohuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ohut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishohutthin
2Proto-Finnicohutthin
3Proto-Finnicoha—

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
Every word from Proto-Finnic oha →Every word from Proto-Finnic ohut →Every word from Finnish ohut →
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