Where does “suhu-z” come from?

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

suhu-z (Finnish): the voiced postalveolar sibilant

Definitions

  1. the voiced postalveolar sibilant

Ancestry of “suhu-z”, step by step

suhu-z 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 z

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishzthe letter z
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish suhu →