Where does “hahtuvamainen” come from?

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

hahtuvamainen (Finnish): flocculent

Definitions

  1. flocculent

Ancestry of “hahtuvamainen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhahtuvafluff
2Finnishhahtu—
3Proto-Finnichapcihair
4Proto-Uralicëptehair
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëpte →Every word from Proto-Finnic hapci →Every word from Finnish hahtu →
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