Where does “häiveotsa” come from?
häiveotsa (Finnish) comes from Finnish häive, from Finnish häipyä, from Finnish haipua, from Finnish -pua — Forms passive verbs.
häiveotsa (Finnish): lace front wig
Ancestry of “häiveotsa”, step by step
häiveotsa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish häive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | häive | glimpse, hint, trace |
| 2 | Finnish | häipyä | to disappear, vanish visibly of something visible: to gradually get less visible or clear |
| 3 | Finnish | haipua | to fade away |
| 4 | Finnish | -pua | Forms passive verbs |
via Finnish otsa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | otsa | forehead; audacity, nerve |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | anþiją | forehead |