Where does “hiestyä” come from?

hiestyä (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiestää, from Finnish hiki, from Proto-Finnic hiki — sweat, perspiration.

hiestyä (Finnish): To get sweaty

Definitions

  1. To get sweaty

Ancestry of “hiestyä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiestää—
2Finnishhikisweat, perspiration
3Proto-Finnichikisweat, perspiration
Every word from Proto-Finnic hiki →Every word from Finnish hiki →Every word from Finnish hiestää →