Where does “vaillinaisuus” come from?

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

vaillinaisuus (Finnish): partialness, incompleteness, inadequacy

Definitions

  1. partialness, incompleteness, inadequacy

Ancestry of “vaillinaisuus”, 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 →