Where does “sankkuus” come from?

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

sankkuus (Finnish): denseness, density, thickness of smoke, fog, a group of people, etc

Definitions

  1. denseness, density, thickness of smoke, fog, a group of people, etc

Ancestry of “sankkuus”, 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 →