Where does “suopeus” come from?

suopeus (Finnish) comes from Finnish suopea, from Finnish suoda, from Proto-Finnic söödäk, from Proto-Indo-European suH-é.

suopeus (Finnish): benevolence

Definitions

  1. benevolence

Ancestry of “suopeus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuopeaapproving
2Finnishsuodato give, allow, permit, grant, let; Indicative...
3Proto-Finnicsöödäkto eat
4Proto-Indo-EuropeansuH-é—
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