Where does “hämäys” come from?
hämäys (Finnish) comes from Finnish hämätä, from Finnish -tä, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä.
hämäys (Finnish): trickery, misrepresentation, skulduggery
Definitions
- trickery, misrepresentation, skulduggery
Ancestry of “hämäys”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | hämätä | To confuse, to obfuscate, to jive |
| 2 | Finnish | -tä | Front vowel variant of -ta |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ta | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -tä | |