Where does “hikoilu” come from?
hikoilu (Finnish) comes from Finnish hikoilla, from Finnish hiota, from Finnish hiottaa, from Finnish hioa, from Proto-Finnic hijodak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric šija-.
hikoilu (Finnish): perspiration, sweating
Definitions
- perspiration, sweating
Ancestry of “hikoilu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hikoilla | to sweat, perspire; Adessive plural form of... |
| 2 | Finnish | hiota | to sweat; Indicative present connegative form of... |
| 3 | Finnish | hiottaa | to make sweat; to have ground, sanded, honed,... |
| 4 | Finnish | hioa | to grind, whet, hone; to grind, sharpen; to sand |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | hijodak | to grind, to hone, to whet |
| 6 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | šija- | — |