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Where does “hämy” come from?

hämy (Finnish) comes from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u.

hämy (Finnish): twilight, gloom

Definitions

  1. twilight, gloom

Ancestry of “hämy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
2Proto-Finnic-u—

Words derived from “hämy”

  • hämyinen
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →