Where does “vankeus” come from?

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

vankeus (Finnish): imprisonment; captivity

Definitions

  1. imprisonment; captivity

Ancestry of “vankeus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
2Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

Words derived from “vankeus”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -uus →