Where does “hännys” come from?

hännys (Finnish) comes from Finnish häntä, from Proto-Finnic häntä, from Proto-Uralic čänčä.

hännys (Finnish): tail of a tailcoat

Definitions

  1. tail of a tailcoat

Ancestry of “hännys”, step by step

hännys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish häntä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhäntäa narrow tail; ogonek; Partitive form of hän
2Proto-Finnichäntätail
3Proto-Uralicčänčä—

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “hännys”

Every word from Proto-Uralic čänčä →Every word from Proto-Finnic häntä →Every word from Finnish häntä →