Where does “hiveltää” come from?
hiveltää (Finnish) comes from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.
hiveltää (Finnish): to superfinish, perform superfinishing
Definitions
- to superfinish, perform superfinishing
Ancestry of “hiveltää”, step by step
hiveltää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish taa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | taa | Of movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse |
| 2 | Finnish | taka | the backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | taka | back, a place behind |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | taka | a place behind |
via Finnish hivellä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hivellä | to stroke, pet, caress, finger |
| 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- | — |
Words derived from “hiveltää”