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Where does “hävytön” come from?

hävytön (Finnish) comes from Finnish häpy, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u.

hävytön (Finnish): shameless, impudent, impudent, insolent; obscene

Definitions

  1. shameless, impudent, impudent, insolent; obscene

Ancestry of “hävytön”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhäpyvulva; genitalia; shame
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-u—

Words derived from “hävytön”

  • hävyttömyys
  • hävyttömästi
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