Where does “pehmeys” come from?

pehmeys (Finnish) comes from Finnish pehmeä, from Proto-Finnic pehmedä — soft.

pehmeys (Finnish): softness

Definitions

  1. softness

Ancestry of “pehmeys”, step by step

pehmeys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pehmeä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpehmeäsoft; silky; smooth
2Proto-Finnicpehmedäsoft

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing
Every word from Proto-Finnic pehmedä →Every word from Finnish pehmeä →