Where does “ihmistäi” come from?

ihmistäi (Finnish) comes from Finnish täi, from Finnish tahi, from Finnish tahtoa, from Proto-Finnic tahtoidak — to want.

ihmistäi (Finnish): human louse

Definitions

  1. human louse

Ancestry of “ihmistäi”, step by step

ihmistäi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish täi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtäilouse; A gold nugget between 2 mm to 4 mm by the...
2Finnishtahior
3Finnishtahtoato want; to tend; Partitive singular form of...
4Proto-Finnictahtoidakto want

via Finnish ihminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishihminenhuman, human being; person
2Finnishinhiminen—
3Proto-Finnicinhiminenhuman, human being
Every word from Proto-Finnic tahtoidak →Every word from Finnish tahtoa →Every word from Finnish tahi →