Where does “noin-hinta” come from?

noin-hinta (Finnish) comes from Finnish noin, from Finnish nuo, from Proto-Finnic noo, from Proto-Uralic no.

noin-hinta (Finnish): approximate price

Definitions

  1. approximate price

Ancestry of “noin-hinta”, step by step

noin-hinta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish noin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnoinabout, some, around; so, in that way, like that;...
2Finnishnuothose
3Proto-Finnicnoothose distal?
4Proto-Uralicno—

via Finnish hinta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhintaprice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*hinta—
3Proto-Balticśímta—
Every word from Proto-Uralic no →Every word from Proto-Finnic noo →Every word from Finnish nuo →