Where does “hyönteinen” come from?

hyönteinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish tieteellinen, from Finnish tiede, from Finnish tietää, from Finnish -mätön, from Proto-Finnic -mat'oin, from Proto-Finnic -t'oin, from Proto-Uralic -ktama.

hyönteinen (Finnish): insect

Definitions

  1. insect

Ancestry of “hyönteinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtieteellinenscientific
2Finnishtiedescience; one of the liberal arts or humanities
3Finnishtietääto know, be aware of; to signify, mean, presage,...
4Finnish-mätönFront vowel variant of -maton
5Proto-Finnic-mat'oinForms the negative participle, which is used as an adjective
6Proto-Finnic-t'oin-less
7Proto-Uralic-ktama

Words derived from “hyönteinen

Every word from Proto-Uralic -ktamaEvery word from Finnish -mätönEvery word from Finnish tietää
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