Where does “vavistus” come from?

vavistus (Finnish) comes from Finnish -tus — forms nouns from verbs, describing an action or event.

vavistus (Finnish): shudder, shiver

Definitions

  1. shudder, shiver

Ancestry of “vavistus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-tusforms nouns from verbs, describing an action or event
Every word from Finnish -tus
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