Where does “naamiohuvit” come from?

naamiohuvit (Finnish) comes from Finnish huvi, from Finnish hupi, from Finnish hupa, from Proto-Finnic hupa, from Proto-Uralic čupa.

naamiohuvit (Finnish): masquerade

Definitions

  1. masquerade

Ancestry of “naamiohuvit”, step by step

naamiohuvit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish huvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhuviamusement, pleasure
2Finnishhupifun
3Finnishhupaquickly diminishing; funny
4Proto-Finnichupalean, thin
5Proto-Uralicčupa—

via Finnish naamio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnaamiomask
2Finnishnaamaface; face, mouth
3Proto-Samicnāmēvelvet on reindeer antlers
Every word from Proto-Uralic čupa →Every word from Proto-Finnic hupa →Every word from Finnish hupa →
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