Where does “täisyys” come from?

täisyys (Finnish) comes from Finnish täinen, from Finnish täi, from Finnish tahi, from Finnish tahtoa, from Proto-Finnic tahtoidak — to want.

täisyys (Finnish): lousiness the quality of being lousy, or infected with lice

Definitions

  1. lousiness the quality of being lousy, or infected with lice

Ancestry of “täisyys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtäinenlousy infested with lice
2Finnishtäilouse; A gold nugget between 2 mm to 4 mm by the...
3Finnishtahior
4Finnishtahtoato want; to tend; Partitive singular form of...
5Proto-Finnictahtoidakto want
Every word from Proto-Finnic tahtoidak →Every word from Finnish tahtoa →Every word from Finnish tahi →