Where does “syyhy” come from?

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

syyhy (Finnish): scabies; mange, scab; A heavy and/or persistent...

Definitions

  1. scabies; mange, scab; A heavy and/or persistent...

Ancestry of “syyhy”, step by step

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

Words derived from “syyhy”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →