Where does “velkavankeus” come from?

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

velkavankeus (Finnish): incarceration in a debtors' prison

Definitions

  1. incarceration in a debtors' prison

Ancestry of “velkavankeus”, step by step

velkavankeus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vankeus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvankeusimprisonment; captivity
2Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
3Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish velka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvelkadebt
2Proto-Finnicvelkadebt
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -uus →Every word from Finnish vankeus →