Where does “tummankarvainen” come from?

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

tummankarvainen (Finnish): dark-colored, darkish

Definitions

  1. dark-colored, darkish

Ancestry of “tummankarvainen”, step by step

tummankarvainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish karvainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarvainenhairy, furry, hirsute
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish tumma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtummadark; dark-haired; Romani, Rom
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →