Where does “hierrin” come from?

hierrin (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiertää, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.

hierrin (Finnish): pestle

Definitions

  1. pestle

Ancestry of “hierrin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiertääto abrade, chafe; to gnaw at, nag at, bother,...
2FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
3Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
4Proto-Finnictakaback, a place behind
5Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

Words derived from “hierrin”

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