Where does “höyhenenkeveä” come from?

höyhenenkeveä (Finnish) comes from Finnish keveä, from Proto-Finnic kepedä, from Proto-Uralic kepä — light, of little weight.

höyhenenkeveä (Finnish): featherlight

Definitions

  1. featherlight

Ancestry of “höyhenenkeveä”, step by step

höyhenenkeveä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish keveä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeveälightweight
2Proto-Finnickepedälight, of little weight
3Proto-Uralickepälight, of little weight

via Finnish höyhen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhöyhenfeather
2Proto-Finnicheühenfeather
Every word from Proto-Uralic kepä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kepedä →Every word from Finnish keveä →