Where does “paremmuus” come from?

paremmuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish parempi, from Proto-Finnic parempa, from Proto-Finnic paras, from Proto-Finno-Permic para — good.

paremmuus (Finnish): superiority

Definitions

  1. superiority

Ancestry of “paremmuus”, step by step

paremmuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish parempi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishparempicomparative degree of hyvä
2Proto-Finnicparempabetter
3Proto-Finnicparassuperlative degree of *hüvä
4Proto-Finno-Permicparagood

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi

Words derived from “paremmuus”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic para →Every word from Proto-Finnic paras →Every word from Proto-Finnic parempa →