Where does “hikevyys” come from?

hikevyys (Finnish) comes from Finnish hikevä, from Finnish hiki, from Proto-Finnic hiki — sweat, perspiration.

hikevyys (Finnish): moistness of ground or soil

Definitions

  1. moistness of ground or soil

Ancestry of “hikevyys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhikevämoist
2Finnishhikisweat, perspiration
3Proto-Finnichikisweat, perspiration
Every word from Proto-Finnic hiki →Every word from Finnish hiki →Every word from Finnish hikevä →
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