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Where does “mehutiiviste” come from?

mehutiiviste (Finnish) comes from Finnish tiiviste, from Finnish tiivistää, from Finnish tiivis, from Proto-Germanic stīfaz, from Proto-Indo-European steypós.

mehutiiviste (Finnish): cordial

Definitions

  1. cordial

Ancestry of “mehutiiviste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtiivisteseal, gasket; concentrate; weatherstrip
2Finnishtiivistääto condense; to seal; to weatherstrip ,...
3Finnishtiivistight, compact, dense, solid; concise
4Proto-Germanicstīfazstiff, rigid
5Proto-Indo-Europeansteypós—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steypós →