Where does “ylväys” come from?

ylväys (Finnish) comes from Finnish ylväs, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

ylväys (Finnish): grace

Definitions

  1. grace

Ancestry of “ylväys”, step by step

ylväys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ylväs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishylväsnoble
2Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
3Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
4Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -as →Every word from Proto-Finnic -s →