Where does “viuhkaholvi” come from?
viuhkaholvi (Finnish) comes from Finnish viuhka, from Finnish -kkä, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
viuhkaholvi (Finnish): fan vault
Ancestry of “viuhkaholvi”, step by step
viuhkaholvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish viuhka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | viuhka | hand fan, fan; fan; luck |
| 2 | Finnish | -kkä | Front vowel variant of -kka |
| 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 |
via Finnish holvi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | holvi | vault; fornix |
| 2 | Swedish | hvalf | Obsolete spelling of valv; vault |