Where does “kehnontua” come from?

kehnontua (Finnish) comes from Finnish kehnontaa, from Finnish kehno, from Proto-Finnic kehno.

kehnontua (Finnish): To become worsened

Definitions

  1. To become worsened

Ancestry of “kehnontua”, step by step

kehnontua traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kehnontaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkehnontaato worsen, make worse; Third-person singular...
2Finnishkehnobad, poor
3Proto-Finnickehno—

via Ingrian kehno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriankehnothin, slim
Every word from Proto-Finnic kehno →Every word from Finnish kehno →Every word from Finnish kehnontaa →
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