Where does “totisuus” come from?

totisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish totinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

totisuus (Finnish): graveness, seriousness

Definitions

  1. graveness, seriousness

Ancestry of “totisuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtotinengrave, serious
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →