Where does “hoikentua” come from?

hoikentua (Finnish) comes from Finnish hoikentaa, from Finnish hoikka, from Proto-Finnic hoikka — slim, thin, slender.

Ancestry of “hoikentua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhoikentaaTo make slender
2Finnishhoikkaslim; lean
3Proto-Finnichoikkaslim, thin, slender

Words derived from “hoikentua”

Every word from Proto-Finnic hoikka →Every word from Finnish hoikka →Every word from Finnish hoikentaa →
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