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Where does “syyhy” come from?

syyhy (Finnish) comes from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u.

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-u—

Words derived from “syyhy”

  • syyhytä
  • syyhypunkki
  • syyhyinen
  • järvisyyhy
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