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Where does “ohentuma” come from?

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

ohentuma (Finnish): thin, thin point, thin area, thin spot etc

Definitions

  1. thin, thin point, thin area, thin spot etc

Ancestry of “ohentuma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishohentuato thin, to grow thinner
2FinnishohentaaTo thin; To dilute; Third-person singular...
3Finnishohetato thin , become/get thinner
4Finnish-etaForms verbs from adjectives, meaning "to become "...
5Proto-Finnic-nt'ak—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nt'ak →