Where does “sujuvuus” come from?

sujuvuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish sujuva, from Finnish sujua, from Proto-Finnic sujudak — to bend, to become bent.

sujuvuus (Finnish): fluency

Definitions

  1. fluency

Ancestry of “sujuvuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsujuvafluent; smooth; readable
2Finnishsujuato go, run; to pass, go, come along
3Proto-Finnicsujudakto bend, to become bent
Every word from Proto-Finnic sujudak →Every word from Finnish sujua →Every word from Finnish sujuva →
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