Where does “haihtuma” come from?

haihtuma (Finnish) comes from Finnish mä, from Finnish minä, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.

haihtuma (Finnish): evaporation

Definitions

  1. evaporation

Ancestry of “haihtuma”, step by step

haihtuma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmäI
2FinnishminäI; ego; self
3Proto-FinnicminäI, me
4Uralic*minä—

via Finnish haihtua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhaihtuaTo evaporate; To fade away
2Finnishhaja-scattered, dispersed
3Proto-Germanicsājan-—
Every word from Uralic *minä →Every word from Proto-Finnic minä →Every word from Finnish minä →