Where does “harventuma” come from?
harventuma (Finnish) comes from Finnish harventua, from Finnish harventaa, from Finnish harva, from Proto-Finnic harva, from Proto-Finno-Ugric šorwa.
harventuma (Finnish): thinned out spot
Ancestry of “harventuma”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | harventua | to thin out; to become rarer |
| 2 | Finnish | harventaa | to thin out; to thin; to rarefy |
| 3 | Finnish | harva | infrequent, sparse; thin; loose |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | harva | — |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | šorwa | — |