Where does “karvain” come from?

karvain (Ingrian) comes from Finnish karvainen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

karvain (Ingrian): hairy

Definitions

  1. hairy

Ancestry of “karvain”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarvainenhairy, furry, hirsute
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

Words derived from “karvain”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →