Where does “haihtumaton” come from?

haihtumaton (Finnish) comes from Finnish haihtua, from Finnish haja-, from Proto-Germanic sājan-.

haihtumaton (Finnish): unevaporated; nonvolatile; Negative participle of...

Definitions

  1. unevaporated; nonvolatile; Negative participle of...

Ancestry of “haihtumaton”, step by step

haihtumaton traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish haihtua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhaihtuaTo evaporate; To fade away
2Finnishhaja-scattered, dispersed
3Proto-Germanicsājan-—

via Finnish maton

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmatonGenitive singular form of matto
Every word from Proto-Germanic sājan- →Every word from Finnish haja- →Every word from Finnish haihtua →
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