Where does “viuhko” come from?
viuhko (Finnish) comes from Finnish viuhka, from Finnish -kkä, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
viuhko (Finnish): a cymose inflorescence
Definitions
- a cymose inflorescence
Ancestry of “viuhko”, step by step
viuhko 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 o
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | o | — |