Where does “viimeistys” come from?
viimeistys (Finnish) comes from Finnish viimeistää, from Finnish viimeinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
viimeistys (Finnish): finishing textiles, leather or something similar
Definitions
- finishing textiles, leather or something similar
Ancestry of “viimeistys”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | viimeistää | to finish |
| 2 | Finnish | viimeinen | last, final; nth last; dying |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |