Where does “piukkuus” come from?

piukkuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

piukkuus (Finnish): tightness, tautness, skimpiness

Definitions

  1. tightness, tautness, skimpiness

Ancestry of “piukkuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
2Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -uus →