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Where does “hävyttömästi” come from?

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

hävyttömästi (Finnish): obscenely

Definitions

  1. obscenely

Ancestry of “hävyttömästi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhävytönshameless, impudent, impudent, insolent; obscene
2Finnishhäpyvulva; genitalia; shame
3Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
4Proto-Finnic-u—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →