Where does “hihittely” come from?

hihittely (Finnish) comes from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

hihittely (Finnish): snickering, tittering

Definitions

  1. snickering, tittering

Ancestry of “hihittely”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
2Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →