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Where does “hahtuva” come from?

hahtuva (Finnish) comes from Finnish hahtu, from Proto-Finnic hapci, from Proto-Uralic ëpte — hair.

hahtuva (Finnish): fluff

Definitions

  1. fluff

Ancestry of “hahtuva”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhahtu—
2Proto-Finnichapcihair
3Proto-Uralicëptehair

Words derived from “hahtuva”

  • hahtuvaseitikki
  • hahtuvapilvi
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