Where does “hikitahra” come from?

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

hikitahra (Finnish): sweat stain

Definitions

  1. sweat stain

Ancestry of “hikitahra”, step by step

hikitahra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhikisweat, perspiration
2Proto-Finnichikisweat, perspiration

via Finnish tahra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtahraA speck of dirt, blemish, blot
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