Where does “hiihtely” come from?

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

hiihtely (Finnish): skiing around

Definitions

  1. skiing around

Ancestry of “hiihtely”, 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 →
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