Where does “soisuus” come from?
soisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish soinen, from Finnish suo, from Finnish Mäki, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
soisuus (Finnish): swampiness
Definitions
- swampiness
Ancestry of “soisuus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | soinen | swampy; First-person singular potential present... |
| 2 | Finnish | suo | swamp, bog, marsh, mire; Third-person singular... |
| 3 | Finnish | Mäki | Any of a number of small places in Finland |
| 4 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 5 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |