Where does “hiiviskely” come from?

hiiviskely (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiiviskellä, from Finnish hiipiä, from Finnish hiipata, from Finnish -ätä, from Finnish -tä, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

hiiviskely (Finnish): sneaking, tiptoeing (around)

Definitions

  1. sneaking, tiptoeing (around)

Ancestry of “hiiviskely”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhiiviskelläTo sneak, mouse; To tiptoe
2Finnishhiipiäto sneak; to tiptoe; to creep
3FinnishhiipataSynonym of hiippailla
4Finnish-ätäFront vowel variant of -ata
5Finnish-täFront vowel variant of -ta
6Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
7Proto-Uralic-täfrom

Words derived from “hiiviskely”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -tä →Every word from Finnish -ätä →Every word from Finnish -tä →