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Where does “Tyyne” come from?

Tyyne (Finnish) comes from Finnish Tyyni, from Proto-Finnic *tüüni, from Proto-Finno-Ugric tiwä-ni.

Ancestry of “Tyyne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishTyyni—
2Proto-Finnic*tüüni—
3Proto-Finno-Ugrictiwä-ni—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric tiwä-ni →