Where does “viileys” come from?

viileys (Finnish) comes from Finnish viileä, from Finnish vilu, from Proto-Finnic vilu — cool, cold.

viileys (Finnish): coolness

Definitions

  1. coolness

Ancestry of “viileys”, step by step

viileys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viileä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviileäcool
2Finnishvilucold
3Proto-Finnicvilucool, cold

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing
Every word from Proto-Finnic vilu →Every word from Finnish vilu →Every word from Finnish viileä →