Where does “hämyhetki” come from?

hämyhetki (Finnish) comes from Finnish hämy, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

hämyhetki (Finnish): moment of twilight or gloom

Definitions

  1. moment of twilight or gloom

Ancestry of “hämyhetki”, step by step

hämyhetki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hämy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhämytwilight, gloom
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish hetki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhetkimoment; moment, minute
2Proto-Finnichetkimoment
3Proto-Uralicčäčke—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish hämy →