Where does “hietikkoinen” come from?

hietikkoinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish hietikko, from Finnish hieta, from Ingrian hiki, from Finnish -stua, from Finnish -staa, from Finnish saalistaa, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka — a place behind.

hietikkoinen (Finnish): sandy

Definitions

  1. sandy

Ancestry of “hietikkoinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhietikkoAn expanse of sand
2Finnishhietasilt, fine sand
3Ingrianhikisweat
4Finnish-stuaForms translative verbs
5Finnish-staaForms captative verbs, i.e. verbs for hunting or...
6Finnishsaalistaato prey, hunt
7FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
8Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
9Proto-Finnictakaback, a place behind
10Proto-Uralictakaa place behind
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