Where does “viattomuus” come from?
viattomuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish viaton, from Finnish vika, from Finnish viimeinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
viattomuus (Finnish): innocence
Definitions
- innocence
Ancestry of “viattomuus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | viaton | innocent; immaculate; pure |
| 2 | Finnish | vika | flaw, malfunction, failure, problem; fault; stain... |
| 3 | Finnish | viimeinen | last, final; nth last; dying |
| 4 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 5 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |