Where does “röyhelöinen” come from?

röyhelöinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish röyhelö, from Finnish -lö, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

röyhelöinen (Finnish): frilly, frilled

Definitions

  1. frilly, frilled

Ancestry of “röyhelöinen”, step by step

röyhelöinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish röyhelö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishröyhelöruffle, frill, furbelow
2Finnish-löFront vowel variant of -lo
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s

via Finnish inen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinen
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -sEvery word from Finnish -läEvery word from Finnish -lö