Where does “ihmisvilinä” come from?

ihmisvilinä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ihminen, from Finnish inhiminen, from Proto-Finnic inhiminen — human, human being.

ihmisvilinä (Finnish): crowd of people

Definitions

  1. crowd of people

Ancestry of “ihmisvilinä”, step by step

ihmisvilinä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ihminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishihminenhuman, human being; person
2Finnishinhiminen
3Proto-Finnicinhiminenhuman, human being

via Finnish vilinä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvilinäbustle
2FinnishvilistäTo bustle, to teem; to go past in a blur
Every word from Proto-Finnic inhiminenEvery word from Finnish inhiminenEvery word from Finnish ihminen