Where does “hihalyönti” come from?
hihalyönti (Finnish) comes from Finnish lyönti, from Finnish -nti, from Finnish -nta, from Proto-Finnic -nta — Forms action nouns from verbs.
hihalyönti (Finnish): underarm pass
Ancestry of “hihalyönti”, step by step
hihalyönti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lyönti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lyönti | A hit |
| 2 | Finnish | -nti | Form action nouns from verbs whose first... |
| 3 | Finnish | -nta | Forms nouns that describe an action; "erota... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -nta | Forms action nouns from verbs |
via Finnish hiha
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hiha | sleeve or an arm of a shirt, jacket etc; maunch |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | hiha | sleeve |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Permic | šiša | — |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Permic | iša | — |