Where does “tanakkuus” come from?

tanakkuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

tanakkuus (Finnish): stockiness, sturdiness

Definitions

  1. stockiness, sturdiness

Ancestry of “tanakkuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
2Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -uus →