Where does “pöyhkeys” come from?

pöyhkeys (Finnish) comes from Finnish -us, from Proto-Finnic -us — Forms some nouns from nominal stems.

pöyhkeys (Finnish): haughtiness, snootiness, uppitiness, arrogance

Definitions

  1. haughtiness, snootiness, uppitiness, arrogance

Ancestry of “pöyhkeys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-usForms nouns from verbs, describing an action or...
2Proto-Finnic-usForms some nouns from nominal stems
Every word from Proto-Finnic -us →Every word from Finnish -us →