Where does “selvyys” come from?

selvyys (Finnish) comes from Finnish selvä, from Proto-Finnic selvä.

selvyys (Finnish): clarity, clearness; truth

Definitions

  1. clarity, clearness; truth

Ancestry of “selvyys”, step by step

selvyys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish selvä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishselväclear; free; sober
2Proto-Finnicselvä—

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
Every word from Proto-Finnic selvä →Every word from Finnish selvä →
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