Where does “verisyys” come from?

verisyys (Finnish) comes from Finnish verinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

verisyys (Finnish): bloodiness

Definitions

  1. bloodiness

Ancestry of “verisyys”, step by step

verisyys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish verinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishverinenbloody
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →