Where does “hiostus” come from?
hiostus (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiostaa, from Finnish hiota, from Finnish hiottaa, from Finnish hioa, from Proto-Finnic hijodak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric šija-.
hiostus (Finnish): making (someone) sweaty
Definitions
- making (someone) sweaty
Ancestry of “hiostus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hiostaa | to make someone sweat |
| 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- | — |