Where does “velttous” come from?

velttous (Finnish) comes from Finnish -us, from Proto-Finnic -us — Forms some nouns from nominal stems.

velttous (Finnish): limpness, flabbiness, flaccidness

Definitions

  1. limpness, flabbiness, flaccidness

Ancestry of “velttous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-usForms nouns from verbs, describing an action or...
2Proto-Finnic-usForms some nouns from nominal stems
Every word from Proto-Finnic -us →Every word from Finnish -us →