Where does “hämyinen” come from?

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

hämyinen (Finnish): twilighty

Definitions

  1. twilighty

Ancestry of “hämyinen”, step by step

hämyinen 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 inen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinen—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish hämy →