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Where does “hiestää” come from?
hiestää (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiki, from Proto-Finnic hiki — sweat, perspiration.
Ancestry of “hiestää”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Finnish
hiki
sweat, perspiration
2
Proto-Finnic
hiki
sweat, perspiration
Words derived from “hiestää”
hiestyä
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