Where does “syyhelmä” come from?

syyhelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish syyhy, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

syyhelmä (Finnish): itch, itching part

Definitions

  1. itch, itching part

Ancestry of “syyhelmä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsyyhyscabies; mange, scab; A heavy and/or persistent...
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish syyhy →
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