"-us" meaning in Proto-Finnic

See -us in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Forms: -us / *-üs [canonical]
Etymology: From *-s. The *-u- may be generalized from derivatives or by confusion with *-uc, or both. The term may also derive more directly from Proto-Uralic *-wikse. Perhaps also more directly from *-u + *-s. Etymology templates: {{etymid|urj-fin-pro|denominal}}, {{inh|urj-fin-pro|urj-pro|*-wikse}} Proto-Uralic *-wikse, {{suffix|urj-fin-pro|*-u|*-s|id2=nominal, -kse-}} *-u + *-s Head templates: {{head|urj-fin-pro|suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes|head=*-us / *-üs}} *-us / *-üs
  1. Forms some nouns from nominal stems. Tags: morpheme, reconstruction
    Sense id: en--us-urj-fin-pro-suffix-0GG3nE95 Categories (other): Proto-Finnic terms suffixed with *-s (nominal, -kse-) Disambiguation of Proto-Finnic terms suffixed with *-s (nominal, -kse-): 62 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

Forms: -us / *-üs [canonical]
Etymology: From *-u + *-s. Etymology templates: {{etymid|urj-fin-pro|deverbal}}, {{suffix|urj-fin-pro|*-u|*-s|id2=nominal, -kse-}} *-u + *-s Head templates: {{head|urj-fin-pro|suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes|head=*-us / *-üs}} *-us / *-üs
  1. Forms action/result nouns from verbs. Tags: morpheme, reconstruction
    Sense id: en--us-urj-fin-pro-suffix-tQwdww-F Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Proto-Finnic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 91 Disambiguation of Proto-Finnic entries with incorrect language header: 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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