Where does “puisevuus” come from?

puisevuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish puiseva, from Finnish puinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

puisevuus (Finnish): woodenness the quality of being wooden, or moving awkwardly, or speaking with dull lack of emotion

Definitions

  1. woodenness the quality of being wooden, or moving awkwardly, or speaking with dull lack of emotion

Ancestry of “puisevuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuisevawooden
2Finnishpuinenwooden
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →