Where does “huvi” come from?

huvi (Estonian) comes from Finnish huvi, from Finnish hupi, from Finnish hupa, from Proto-Finnic hupa, from Proto-Uralic čupa.

huvi (Estonian): interest

Definitions

  1. interest

Ancestry of “huvi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhuviamusement, pleasure
2Finnishhupifun
3Finnishhupaquickly diminishing; funny
4Proto-Finnichupalean, thin
5Proto-Uralicčupa—

Words derived from “huvi”

Every word from Proto-Uralic čupa →Every word from Proto-Finnic hupa →Every word from Finnish hupa →