Where does “nyyhke” come from?

nyyhke (Finnish) comes from Finnish nyyhkiä, from Finnish nyyh — sob.

nyyhke (Finnish): sob, sobbing

Definitions

  1. sob, sobbing

Ancestry of “nyyhke”, step by step

nyyhke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nyyhkiä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishnyyhkiäTo sob
2Finnishnyyhsob

via Finnish e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisheE note
Every word from Finnish nyyh →Every word from Finnish nyyhkiä →