Where does “vilpittömyys” come from?

vilpittömyys (Finnish) comes from Finnish vilpitön, from Finnish -tön, from Proto-Finnic -t'oin, from Proto-Uralic -ktama.

vilpittömyys (Finnish): sincerity; rectitude

Definitions

  1. sincerity; rectitude

Ancestry of “vilpittömyys”, step by step

vilpittömyys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vilpitön

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvilpitönsincere, bona fide
2Finnish-tönFront vowel variant of -ton
3Proto-Finnic-t'oin-less
4Proto-Uralic-ktama—

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ktama →Every word from Finnish -tön →Every word from Proto-Finnic -t'oin →