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Where does “hirmuinen” come from?

hirmuinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

hirmuinen (Finnish): horrendous, terrible

Definitions

  1. horrendous, terrible

Ancestry of “hirmuinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
2Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
3Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

Words derived from “hirmuinen”

  • hirmuisesti
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