Where does “selkeä-älyinen” come from?

selkeä-älyinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish -älyinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

selkeä-älyinen (Finnish): lucid

Definitions

  1. lucid

Ancestry of “selkeä-älyinen”, step by step

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