Where does “uhkeus” come from?

uhkeus (Finnish) comes from Finnish uhkea, from Proto-Finnic uhkeda, from Proto-Finnic uhka.

uhkeus (Finnish): grandness; voluptuousness

Definitions

  1. grandness; voluptuousness

Ancestry of “uhkeus”, step by step

uhkeus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish uhkea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuhkeagrand; voluptuous
2Proto-Finnicuhkedagrand
3Proto-Finnicuhka—

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
Every word from Proto-Finnic uhka →Every word from Proto-Finnic uhkeda →Every word from Finnish uhkea →
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