Where does “sävykkyys” come from?

sävykkyys (Finnish) comes from Finnish sävykäs, from Finnish -käs, from Proto-Finnic -k'as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

sävykkyys (Finnish): colorfulness

Definitions

  1. colorfulness

Ancestry of “sävykkyys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsävykäscolorful having varied colors
2Finnish-käsFront vowel variant of -kas
3Proto-Finnic-k'asForms adjectives from nouns, indicating a...
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -käs →Every word from Proto-Finnic -s →