Where does “hammasväliharja” come from?
hammasväliharja (Finnish) comes from Finnish harja, from Russian Харитон, from Finnish -nen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
hammasväliharja (Finnish): interdental brush
Definitions
- interdental brush
Ancestry of “hammasväliharja”, step by step
hammasväliharja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish harja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | harja | brush; mane; crest |
| 2 | Russian | Харитон | — |
| 3 | Finnish | -nen | Forms diminutives nouns or terms expressing... |
| 4 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 5 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish hammasväli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hammasväli | interdental space space between two adjacent teeth |
| 2 | Finnish | hammas | tooth |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | hambas | tooth |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | źámbas | tooth; sharp or jagged edge |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵómbʰos | tooth; row of teeth; peg |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵómbʰ- | to pierce, gnaw through; tooth, horn, peg |