Where does “suhu-s” come from?

suhu-s (Finnish) comes from Finnish suhu, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

suhu-s (Finnish): the voiceless postalveolar sibilant, the "sh"...

Definitions

  1. the voiceless postalveolar sibilant, the "sh"...

Ancestry of “suhu-s”, step by step

suhu-s traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish suhu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuhua hushing sound
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish s

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsthe letter s
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish suhu →