Where does “salpaus” come from?

salpaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish -us, from Proto-Finnic -us — Forms some nouns from nominal stems.

salpaus (Finnish): bolting, barring, latching, hasping

Definitions

  1. bolting, barring, latching, hasping

Ancestry of “salpaus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-usForms nouns from verbs, describing an action or...
2Proto-Finnic-usForms some nouns from nominal stems
Every word from Proto-Finnic -us →Every word from Finnish -us →