Where does “ohennusaine” come from?
ohennusaine (Finnish) comes from Finnish ohennus, from Finnish ohentaa, from Finnish oheta, from Finnish -eta, from Proto-Finnic -nt'ak.
ohennusaine (Finnish): thinner
Ancestry of “ohennusaine”, step by step
ohennusaine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ohennus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ohennus | thinning |
| 2 | Finnish | ohentaa | To thin; To dilute; Third-person singular... |
| 3 | Finnish | oheta | to thin (out), become/get thinner |
| 4 | Finnish | -eta | Forms verbs from adjectives, meaning "to become "... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -nt'ak | — |
via Finnish aine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | aine | matter, material, substance; subject, discipline;... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | abniją | That which is made; material; stuff |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *abnijaną | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ōp- | to achieve |