Where does “hiomattomuus” come from?
hiomattomuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiomaton, from Finnish hioa, from Proto-Finnic hijodak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric šija-.
hiomattomuus (Finnish): unpolishedness, roughness, crudeness
Definitions
- unpolishedness, roughness, crudeness
Ancestry of “hiomattomuus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | hiomaton | ungrounded; uncut; Negative participle of hioa |
| 2 | Finnish | hioa | to grind, whet, hone; to grind, sharpen; to sand |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | hijodak | to grind, to hone, to whet |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | šija- | — |