Where does “turhennus” come from?

turhennus (Finnish) comes from Finnish -us, from Proto-Finnic -us — Forms some nouns from nominal stems.

turhennus (Finnish): making (more) worthless or unimportant

Definitions

  1. making (more) worthless or unimportant

Ancestry of “turhennus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-usForms nouns from verbs, describing an action or...
2Proto-Finnic-usForms some nouns from nominal stems
Every word from Proto-Finnic -us →Every word from Finnish -us →