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Where does “ohennin” come from?

ohennin (Finnish) comes from Finnish ohentaa, from Finnish oheta, from Finnish -eta, from Proto-Finnic -nt'ak.

ohennin (Finnish): thinner

Definitions

  1. thinner

Ancestry of “ohennin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishohentaaTo thin; To dilute; Third-person singular...
2Finnishohetato thin , become/get thinner
3Finnish-etaForms verbs from adjectives, meaning "to become "...
4Proto-Finnic-nt'ak—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nt'ak →